2021 Sept

Question 1

Regalia

Answer 1

the emblems or insignias of royalty, especially the crown, sceptre, and other ornaments used at a coronation

Question 2

Vogue

Answer 2

Fashion

Question 3

Aleatory

Answer 3

Depending on the throw of a dice or on chance

Random

Question 4

Salubrious

Answer 4

Healthy

Pleasant

Question 5

Kismet

Answer 5

Destiny

Fate

Question 6

Schadenfreude

Answer 6

Pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune

Question 7

Tyro

Answer 7

Novice

Question 8

Eke (s.o. out)

Answer 8

To scrape by

Survive

Question 9

Exculpatory

Answer 9

Show or declare that someone is not guilty of any wrongdoing

Question 10

Diachronic

Answer 10

Concerned with the way in which something (particularly language) has evolved and developed throughout time

Question 11

Lascivious

Answer 11

Feeling or revealing an overt feeling of obscene sexual desire

Lewd

Question 12

Supererogation

Answer 12

The performance of more work than is required

Question 13

Progeria

Answer 13

A rare syndrome in children characterized by physical signs and symptoms suggestive of premature old age

Question 14

Entente

Answer 14

A friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions

Question 15

Countervail

Answer 15

To offset the effect (of something) by countering it with something of equal force

Question 16

Epicurean

Answer 16

Hedonist

Self-indulgent

E.g., their careers have been undone by epicurean excess

Question 17

Delineate

Answer 17

Describe

Outline

Question 18

Encumbrance

Answer 18

Hindrance

Responsibility

Question 19

Skive

Answer 19

To avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early

Shirk

Question 20

Emolument

Answer 20

A salary, fee or profit from employment or office

Question 21

Abstruse

Answer 21

Obscure

Esoteric

Question 22

Sedulous

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Diligent

Question 23

Opus

Answer 23

Any artistic or musical work

Composition

Question 24

Allophone

Answer 24

An immigrant to Canada whose first language is neither English nor French

Question 25

Sinology

Answer 25

The study of Chinese history, language, politics, and/ or customs

Question 26

Apoptosis

Answer 26

The normal death of cells

Question 27

Maudlin

Answer 27

Sentimental

Mawkish

Question 28

Duplicitous

Answer 28

Deceitful

Question 29

Consanguineous

Answer 29

Relating to or denoting people who share a common ancestor

Question 30

Cognoscenti

Answer 30

People who are considered to be well informed about a particular subject

Question 31

Eidolon

Answer 31

An idealized person or thing

A spectre or phantom

Question 32

Abstruse

Answer 32

Obscure