Encountered

Question 0

Bulwark

Answer 0

External protection (n)

Question 1

Wade

Answer 1

To go through (water, etc) –with object

Question 2

Bedlam

Answer 2

A scene or state of wild uproar and confusion

Question 3

Fiat

Answer 3

An authoritative decree decree, sanction, or order

Question 4

Zany

Answer 4

(adjective)
amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic

Question 5

wormwood

Answer 5

(noun) a state or source of bitterness or grief

Question 6

gloat

Answer 6

(verb)
contemplate or dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure

Question 7

morose

Answer 7

(adj) sullen and ill-tempered

Question 8

botch

Answer 8

verb [with object]

carry out (a task) badly or carelessly: the ability to take on any task without botching it | he was in a position to hire people, and he botched that up.

Question 9

pundit

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(noun)
an expert in a particular subject or field who is frequently called on to give opinions about it to the public: a globe-trotting financial pundit.

Question 10

dank

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(adjective)
disagreeably damp, musty, and typically cold: huge dank caverns.

Question 11

jockey

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(verb) [no object]
• struggle by every available means to gain or achieve something: both men will be jockeying for the two top jobs.

[with object and adverbial] handle or manipulate (someone or something) in a skillful manner:
Jason jockeyed his machine into a dive.

Question 12

sullen

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adjective
bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy: a sullen pout.
• (of the sky) full of dark clouds: a sullen sunless sky.

Question 13

glower

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verb [no object]
have an angry or sullen look on one’s face; scow: she glowered at him suspiciously | (glowering as adjective): his father’s glowering face.

Question 14

linchpin

Answer 14

noun
a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization: regular brushing is the linchpin of all good dental hygiene.

Question 15

veritable

Answer 15

**adjective [attributive] **
used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor: the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion.

Question 16

throng

Answer 16

noun
a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals: he pushed his way through the throng| a throng of birds.

verb
* a crowd thronged the station* | the streets are thronged with people.

Question 17

ruse

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noun
an action intended to deceive someone; a trick:
Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house.

Question 18

ruse

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noun
an action intended to deceive someone; a trick:
Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house.

Question 19

subterfuge

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noun
deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal: he had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions | [count noun] : 1 hated all the subterfuges, I hated lying to you.

Question 20

snarky

Answer 20

adjective informal, mainly
North American English
critical or mocking in an indirect or sarcastic way: snarky remarks.

bad-tempered or irritable: Bobby’s always a bit snarky before his nap.