2020 August

Question 1

Balaclava

Answer 1

A form of headgear worn for skiing

Question 2

Lathe

Answer 2

A machine designed to shape metal and wood

Question 3

Rapturous

Answer 3

Ecstatic

Question 4

Rangy

Answer 4

Long-legged

Question 5

Lope

Answer 5

To stride

Question 6

Farce

Answer 6

Slapstick comedy

Absurdity

Question 7

Germanium

Answer 7

A chemical element (32) that’s used for transistors and semiconductors

Question 8

Bedlam

Answer 8

Uproar

Question 9

Pergola

Answer 9

An archway consisting of a plant-based framework

Question 10

Sinuous

Answer 10

Having many curves and turns

Question 11

Fuselage

Answer 11

Main body of an aircraft

Question 12

Lilt

Answer 12

Cadence

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Mirth

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Merriment

Question 14

Rapture

Answer 14

Ecstasy

Question 15

Paleobotany

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The study of fossil plants

Question 16

Hangar

Answer 16

A large shed

Question 17

Salience

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Prominence

Question 18

Auteur

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A filmmaker who is also regarded as an author

Question 19

Phalanx

Answer 19

A body of troops or officers moving in close formation

A bone of a finger or toe

Question 20

Vestige

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Remnant

Trace

Question 21

Aureate

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Golden (in colour)

Question 22

Bungle

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Mishandle

Question 23

Epistemology

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The theory of knowledge

Question 24

Emeritus

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Having retired, but still able to retain the honour of the title

Question 25

Forsythia

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An ornamental Eurasian shrub

Question 26

Boon

Answer 26

A favour or blessing

Question 27

Subversion

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Undermining power and authority

Question 28

Snafu

Answer 28

A confusing or chaotic state A mess

Question 29

Fomite

Answer 29

Objects or materials that are likely to carry infections (clothes, etc.)

Question 30

Bechamel

Answer 30

A rich white sauce made with milk and herbs

Question 31

Quasar

Answer 31

A massive and extremely remote celestial object

Question 32

Diurnal

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Active during the day

Question 33

Magniloquent

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Using high flown or bombastic language

Question 34

Requisition

Answer 34

An official order laying claim to the use of property or materials

Question 35

Seigniorage

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Profit made by a government using currency A thing claimed by a sovereign or feudal superior as a prerogative

Question 36

Syncopation

Answer 36

The process of synthesizing various sounds into music

Question 37

Cachet

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Prestige | A distinguishing mark or seal

Question 38

Bocce

Answer 38

An Italian game similar to lawn bowling

Question 39

Pontoon

Answer 39

A flat bottomed boat

Question 40

Axon

Answer 40

A long, threadlike part of a nerve cell

Question 41

Portent

Answer 41

Omen Significance

Question 42

Dramaturgy

Answer 42

The study and practise of dramatic composition

Question 43

Susurrus

Answer 43

Whispering, murmuring or rustling

Question 44

Centrifuge

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a machine with a rapidly rotating container that applies centrifugal force to its contents, typically to separate fluids of different densities or liquids from solids

Question 45

Tort

Answer 45

a wrongful act or an infringement of a right

Question 46

Ideographic

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Of or relating to an ideogram

Question 47

Orrery

Answer 47

A structural model of the solar system

Question 48

Acrological

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Relating to or based on initial letters or sounds

Question 49

Triptych

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A picture or relief carving on three panels used as an altarpiece

Question 50

Levity

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Light-heartedness | The treatment of a serious matter with humour or in a manner lacking due respect

Question 51

Dendrite

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A short branched extension of a nerve cell

Question 52

Pantheon

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A group of particularly respected, famous or important people

Question 53

Vitriol

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Cruel and bitter criticism Sulfuric acid

Question 54

Gristmill

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A mill for grinding grain

Question 55

Bando

Answer 55

An abandoned house A trap house