2021 Nov

Question 1

Praxis

Answer 1

Practise, as distinguished from theory

Question 2

Galère

Answer 2

Galley

Informal

Question 3

Fascicle

Answer 3

A separately published instalment of a series of books

Question 4

Craquelure

Answer 4

A network of fine cracks in the paint or varnish of a painting

Question 5

Unctuous

Answer 5

Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering

Oily

Question 6

Winnow

Answer 6

Separate

To blow a current of air

Question 7

Assay

Answer 7

Evaluation

Question 8

Exiguous

Answer 8

Very small in size or amount

Question 9

Quag

Answer 9

A marshy or boggy place

Question 10

Trig

Answer 10

To make neat and smart in appearance

He has rigged her and trigged her with paint and spar

Question 11

Univocal

Answer 11

Having only one possible meaning

Unambiguous

Question 12

Conation

Answer 12

The mental faculty of purpose, desire or will to perform an action

Volition

Question 13

Haecceity

Answer 13

Philosophy

That property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “this one”

The property of being a unique and individual thing
(“He has a paramount concern with hacceity, the thisness of things”)

Question 14

Butyraceous

Answer 14

Of or like butter

Question 15

Percipient

Answer 15

Having a good understanding of things; perceptive; astute

“He is a percipient interpreter of the public mood”

Question 16

Fillip

Answer 16

Stimulus

Question 17

Stridulent

Answer 17

Stridulous

Making a shrill, creaking sound

Question 18

Junket

Answer 18

An extravagant trip or celebration, in particular one enjoyed by a government official at public expense

Question 19

Aporia

Answer 19

The expression of doubt

An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory

e.g., “The celebrated aporia whereby a Cretan declares all Cretans to be “

Question 20

Tinctorial

Answer 20

Related to dyeing, colouring, or staining properties

Dyeing

Question 21

Latitudinarian

Answer 21

Allowing latitude in religion

Showing no preference among varying creeds & forms of worship

Question 22

Overegg

Answer 22

Over-embellish

Exaggerate

Question 23

Syncretism

Answer 23

The amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought

The merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language

Question 24

Anadromous

Answer 24

(Of a fish, such as salmon) migrating up rivers from the sea to spawn

Question 25

Sthenic

Answer 25

Having a high or excessive level of strength and energy

Question 26

Paroxysm

Answer 26

Spasm

Question 27

Epiphenomenon

Answer 27

A secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but doesn’t causally influence a process

Question 28

Prospography

Answer 28

A description of a person’s social and family connections, etc., or a collection of such instances

Question 29

Garniture

Answer 29

A set of decorative accessories, in particular vases