2021 Feb

Question 1

Salmagundi

Answer 1

A dish of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, and seasoning

Question 2

Ambit

Answer 2

Scope, boundaries, or extent of something

Question 3

Rapprochement

Answer 3

An establishment or return to harmonious relations

Question 4

Ausarian

Answer 4

Of or related to the Ausar Auset society

Question 5

Badinage

Answer 5

Humourous or witty conversation

Banter

Question 6

Avulsion

Answer 6

The act of pulling or tearing away

Question 7

Sanative

Answer 7

Healing

Question 8

Dearth

Answer 8

Scarcity or lack of something

Question 9

Mothball

Answer 9

To cancel or postpone work on a project

Question 10

Glioblastoma

Answer 10

A highly invasive glioma (tumour) in the brain

Question 11

Acrimony

Answer 11

Bitterness or ill feeling

Question 12

Paladin

Answer 12

Any of the twelve peers of Charlemagne’s palace

Question 13

Falstaffian

Answer 13

Relating to or resembling William Shakespeare’s character Sir John Falstaff in being fat, jolly, and debauched

Question 14

Corpus

Answer 14

A collection of written texts

The main portion of a body of work

Question 15

Glyptic

Answer 15

Of or concerning carving or engraving

Question 16

Craic

Answer 16

Enjoyable social activity

A good time

Question 17

Majuscule

Answer 17

Large lettering

Of or related to upper cased print

Question 18

Enumeration

Answer 18

A special class that represents a group of constants

Question 19

Bijou

Answer 19

Chic

Question 20

Anagnorisis

Answer 20

The part in a play/ novel in which a principal character discovers another character’s true motive and/ or nature

Question 21

Coffer

Answer 21

Strongbox
Fund
A small portion of a ceiling

Question 22

Ailurophile

Answer 22

A cat lover

Question 23

Aposematic

Answer 23

(Of colours or decorations) meant to ward off predators

Question 24

Afflatus

Answer 24

A divine creative impulse or inspiration

Question 25

Hew

Answer 25

To chop or cut (particularly with an axe)

Question 26

Forsooth

Answer 26

Indeed

Question 27

Pukka

Answer 27

Respectable

Genuine