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Question 1

dainty

Answer 1

morsel, delicacy

Question 2

damask

Answer 2

steel and iron specially welded to make a serpentine pattern

Question 3

darkling

Answer 3

dark (poetical)

Question 4

dastard

Answer 4

an ignoble and cowardly person

Question 5

daunt

Answer 5

intimidate

Question 6

dearth

Answer 6

scarcity or shortage, especially of food

Question 7

declaim

Answer 7

speak or recite passionately

Question 8

deem

Answer 8

consider, conclude

Question 9

defile

Answer 9

ruin, corrupt

Question 10

defray

Answer 10

pay for

Question 11

dell

Answer 11

small valley

Question 12

descry

Answer 12

catch sight of, especially something difficult to see

Question 13

devices

Answer 13

things, especially situations, devised or engineered

Question 14

dingle

Answer 14

deep hollow, usually shaded with trees

Question 15

dissemble

Answer 15

hide one’s true intentions

Question 16

divers

Answer 16

numerous and various

Question 17

doggrel

Answer 17

trivial or worthless verse

Question 18

dolven

Answer 18

delved, dug out

Question 19

doom

Answer 19

fate (as opposed to modern usage, doom in this sense is not necessarily bad)

Question 20

dotard

Answer 20

a person who has lost their wits, especially through old age

Question 21

doughty

Answer 21

strong, powerful

Question 22

dour

Answer 22

stern, unyielding; dour-handed steady-handed

Question 23

draught

Answer 23

drawing or pulling force

Question 24

draught2

Answer 24

a drink drawn from a barrel or storage jar

Question 25

drear

Answer 25

dismal, gloomy

Question 26

dregs

Answer 26

sediment found at the bottom of wine, tea, etc. To “drink to the dregs” is to completely drain a cup or (metaphorically) fully involve oneself

Question 27

dromund

Answer 27

large ship

Question 28

dry

Answer 28

(of bricks or stone) laid without mortar

Question 29

durstn’t

Answer 29

dare not

Question 30

dwimmer-crafty

Answer 30

skilled in the arts of magic