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Question 1

Mutinous

Answer 1

adjective
(of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority.
synonyms: rebellious, insubordinate, subversive, seditious, insurgent, insurrectionary, rebel, riotous
“your mutinous scheme has failed”
willful or disobedient.
“Antoinette looked mutinous, but she obeyed”

Question 2

Murk

Answer 2

noun: murk
1.
darkness or thick mist that makes it difficult to see.
"my eyes were straining to see through the murk of the rainy evening"
adjectivearchaic
adjective: murk
1.
murky; gloomy.

Question 3

Clutch

Answer 3

verb
gerund or present participle: clutching
grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly.
“he stood clutching a microphone”
synonyms: grip, grasp, clasp, cling to, hang on to, clench, hold More
“she clutched his arm”
reach for, snatch at, make a grab for, catch at, claw at
“she saved herself by clutching at a branch”
become nervous and panicked.
“doctors could clutch up and lose control as easily as anyone”

Question 4

Gouge

Answer 4

gouge
ɡouj/
verb
gerund or present participle: gouging
1.
make (a groove, hole, or indentation) with or as if with a gouge.
“the channel had been gouged out by the ebbing water”
synonyms: scoop, hollow, excavate; More
cut, dig, scrape, scratch
“a tunnel had been gouged out of the mountain”
make a rough hole or indentation in (a surface), especially so as to mar or disfigure it.
“he had wielded the blade inexpertly, gouging the grass in several places”
cut or force something out roughly or brutally.
“one of his eyes had been gouged out”
2.
NORTH AMERICANinformal
overcharge; swindle.
“the airline ends up gouging the very passengers it is supposed to assist”

Question 5

Mutilate

Answer 5

mu·ti·late
ˈmyo͞odlˌāt/
verb
past tense: mutilated; past participle: mutilated
inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.
“the leg was badly mutilated”
synonyms: mangle, maim, disfigure, butcher, dismember; cripple
“the bodies had been mutilated”
inflict serious damage on.
“the 14th-century church had been partly mutilated in the 18th century”
synonyms: vandalize, damage, deface, ruin, spoil, destroy, wreck, violate, desecrate; informaltrash
“the painting was mutilated”

Question 6

Patronize

Answer 6

pa·tron·ize
ˈpātrəˌnīz,ˈpatrəˌnīz/
verb
verb: patronize; 3rd person present: patronizes; past tense: patronized; past participle: patronized; gerund or present participle: patronizing; verb: patronise; 3rd person present: patronises; past tense: patronised; past participle: patronised; gerund or present participle: patronising
1.
treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.
““She’s a good-hearted girl,” he said in a patronizing voice”
synonyms: treat condescendingly, condescend to, look down on, talk down to, put down, treat like a child, treat with disdain More
“don’t patronize me!”
condescending, disdainful, supercilious, superior, imperious, scornful, contemptuous;
informaluppity, high and mighty
“your patronizing mother just told me how “adequate” my dress is”
2.
frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer.
“restaurants remaining open in the evening were well patronized”
synonyms: do business with, buy from, shop at, be a customer of, be a client of, deal with, trade with, frequent, support
“they patronized local merchants”
give encouragement and financial support to (a person, especially an artist, or a cause).
“local churches and voluntary organizations were patronized by the family”
synonyms: sponsor, back, fund, finance, be a patron of, support, champion
“he patronized a national museum”

Question 7

Chirrup

Answer 7

chir·rup
ˈCHirəp/
verb
1.
(especially of a small bird) make repeated short high-pitched sounds; twitter.
noun
1.
a short, high-pitched sound.

Question 8

Culpable

Answer 8

cul·pa·ble
ˈkəlpəb(ə)l/
adjective
deserving blame.
“sometimes you’re just as culpable when you watch something as when you actually participate”
synonyms: to blame, guilty, at fault, in the wrong, answerable, accountable, responsible, blameworthy, censurable
“I hold you personally culpable”

Question 9

Smear

Answer 9

smear
smir/
verb
verb: smear; 3rd person present: smears; past tense: smeared; past participle: smeared; gerund or present participle: smearing
1.
coat or mark (something) messily or carelessly with a greasy or sticky substance.
“his face was smeared with dirt”
synonyms: streak, smudge, mark, soil, dirty; More
informalsplotch;
literarybesmear
“the table was smeared with grease”
spread (a greasy, oily, or sticky substance) over something.
“Barbara smeared peanut butter on a slice of bread”
synonyms: cover, coat, grease; More
literarybedaub
“smear the meat with olive oil”
spread, rub, daub, slap, slather, smother, plaster, slick;
apply;
literarybesmear
“she smeared sunblock on her skin”
messily blur the outline of (something such as writing or paint); smudge.
“her lipstick was smeared”
2.
damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander.
“someone was trying to smear her by faking letters”
synonyms: sully, tarnish, blacken, drag through the mud, taint, damage, defame, discredit, malign, slander, libel, slur; More
informaldo a hatchet job on;
formalcalumniate, impugn;
literarybesmirch
“they are trying to smear our reputation”
noun
noun: smear; plural noun: smears
1.
a mark or streak of a greasy or sticky substance.
“there was an oil smear on his jacket”
synonyms: streak, smudge, daub, dab, spot, patch, blotch, mark; informalsplotch
“smears of blood”
2.
a sample of material spread thinly on a microscope slide for examination, typically for medical diagnosis.
“the smears were stained for cryptosporidium”
3.
a false accusation intended to damage someone’s reputation.
“the media were indulging in unwarranted smears”
synonyms: false accusation, lie, untruth, slur, slander, libel, defamation, calumny
“they printed smears about his closest aides”
4.
CLIMBING
an insecure foothold.