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Question 1

laconic

Answer 1

using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.

Question 2

apostate

Answer 2

a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

Question 3

quay

Answer 3

a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.

Question 4

rime

Answer 4

Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object. Compare frost ( def 2 ) , glaze ( def 17 ) .

Question 5

brazen

Answer 5

shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.

Question 6

cloven

Answer 6

cleft; split; divided: Goats have cloven hoofs.

Question 7

ravel

Answer 7

to tangle or entangle.

Question 8

mutton

Answer 8

the flesh of sheep, especially full-grown or more mature sheep, used as food.

Question 9

siphon

Answer 9

to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon (sometimes followed by off ): to siphon water; to siphon off profits into a secret bank account.

Question 10

aspen

Answer 10

any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.

Question 11

bevel

Answer 11

Also, beveled;, especially British, bevelled. oblique; sloping; slanted.