2022 June

Question 1

Prosopagnosia

Answer 1

A neurological condition characterized by an inability to recognize familiar faces

Question 2

Buskin

Answer 2

A calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather

Question 3

Extemporize

Answer 3

Improvise

Question 4

Begonia

Answer 4

A herbaceous plant of warm climates, the flowers of which have brightly coloured sepals but no petals

Question 5

Metallurgy

Answer 5

The brand of science and technology concerned with the properties, production, and purification of metals

Question 6

Swarthy

Answer 6

Dark-coloured

Question 7

Nyctalopia

Answer 7

The inability to see in dim light or at night

Question 8

Spoor

Answer 8

The track or scent of an animal

Question 9

Sepal

Answer 9

A green and leaflike part of a flower

Question 10

Imprest

Answer 10

A fund used by a business for small items of expenditure and restored to a fixed amount periodically

Question 11

Gainsay

Answer 11

To deny

Question 12

Manchet

Answer 12

A loaf of the finest kind of wheat bread

Question 13

Eudaemonism

Answer 13

A system of ethics that bases moral value on the likelihood that good actions will produce happiness

Question 14

Wheeple

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To utter a prolonged whistle or a shrill cry

Question 15

Mononym

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A person’s name consisting of one word (without a surname)

Question 16

Grandisonant

Answer 16

Giving the impression of grandeur

Question 17

Thorium

Answer 17

The chemical element of atomic number 90, a white radioactive metal of the actinide series

Question 18

Dactylonomy

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The act of counting with one’s fingers

Question 19

Oxfordian

Answer 19

1. A native or resident of Oxford

2. A geological time interval in the Jurassic period

Question 20

Lunate

Answer 20

Crescent-shaped

Question 21

LAMDA

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Language Model for Dialogue Applications

Question 22

Cruciverbalist

Answer 22

A person skillful in creating or solving crossword puzzles

Question 23

Loricate

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(Animal) having a protective covering of plates or scales

Question 24

Meed

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A deserved share or reward

Question 25

Simulacrum

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An image or representation of someone or something

Question 26

Dreadnought

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A type of battleship introduced by the British in the early 20th century

Question 27

Exonumia

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Coin-like objects (e.g., tokens/ medals)

Question 28

Darg

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A day’s work

A defined quantity or amount of work, or of the product of work, done in a certain time or at a certain rate of payment

Task

Question 29

Chautauqua

Answer 29

An institution that provided popular adult education courses in the 20th century