December 2020

Question 1

cataconic

Answer 1

appearing mentally stupefied, unresponsive, and motionless, or almost so; seemingly unaware of one’s environment.

Question 2

raison d’être

Answer 2

: reason or justification for existence

Question 3

prostration

Answer 3

1a: the act of assuming a prostrate position
b: the state of being in a prostrate position: ABASEMENT
2a: complete physical or mental exhaustion: COLLAPSE
b: the process of being made powerless or the condition of powerlessness
the country suffered economic prostration after the war

Question 4

lacrimation

Answer 4

Crying

Question 5

lineation

Answer 5

Outlining, making an arrangement out of lines

Question 6

to scarper

Answer 6

To run away; to flee; to escape.

v. flee; take to one’s heels; cut and run

Question 7

pensive

Answer 7

dreamily thoughtful, thoughtful, melancholy

Question 8

precocity

Answer 8

unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development:
a precocious child.

Question 9

apophenia

Answer 9

The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.

Question 10

proclivity

Answer 10

an inclination/predisposition toward something

Question 11

labile

Answer 11

open to change

fluctuating widely