2020 Dec

Question 1

Retroject

Answer 1

To project backwards

Question 2

Cairn

Answer 2

A mound of rough stones built as memorials

A small terrier

Question 3

Festoon

Answer 3

A chain or garland of flowers

Question 4

Sapid

Answer 4

Having a strong, pleasant taste

Question 5

EQ

Answer 5

The level of frequency response to an audio signal

Question 6

Elegy

Answer 6

Funeral poem/ song

Question 7

Dulcify

Answer 7

Sweeten

Question 8

Ashram

Answer 8

A hermitage (indicative of South Asia)

Question 9

Adaptogen

Answer 9

A natural substance considered to help the body adapt to stress

e.g., ginseng

Question 10

Flivver

Answer 10

A cheap aircraft or car in bad condition

Question 11

Bathos

Answer 11

Anticlimax

Question 12

Nurdle

Answer 12

A very small pellet of plastic used for plastic manufacturing

Question 13

Moncler

Answer 13

A brand of puffer jackets

Question 14

Saft

Answer 14

Juice

Question 15

Apogee

Answer 15

The highest point or climax

Question 16

Antediluvian

Answer 16

Prehistoric

Before the Biblical flood

Question 17

Sonata

Answer 17

A composition for an instrumental soloist (usually on the piano)

Question 18

ASIC

Answer 18

Application specific integrated circuit

Question 19

Superficies

Answer 19

Surface

Question 20

Ratoon

Answer 20

A new shoot or sprout which emerges from a base crop (like sugar)

Question 21

Bibelot

Answer 21

Ornament

Question 22

Aphyllous

Answer 22

Leafless

Question 23

Prosaic

Answer 23

Mundane

Unimaginative

Question 24

Lagniappe

Answer 24

Something given as a bonus or extra gift

Question 25

Camber

Answer 25

Arched shape of a horizontal surface

e.g., a road