february

Question 1

paucity

Answer 1

i. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness e.g. a country with a paucity of resources
ii. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness
e. g. “…the paucity or impossibility of queer rights and political representation” (Collected Plays Three, Alfian Sa’at)

Question 2

imbricated

Answer 2

i. overlapping in sequence, such as shingles on a roof
ii. basically to overlap
e. g. “Like many local English language plays, Alfian’s are imbricated in these crossroads — East/West, diasporic/postcolonial, old/new, traditional/modern…”

Question 3

betwixt and between

Answer 3

neither one nor the other; in the middle or an unresolved position

Question 4

hubristic

Answer 4

excessively proud or self-confident