General

Question 1

Assiduous

Answer 1

Showing great care, attention and effort.

He was an assiduous book collector, and maintained a prodigious and meticulously organised collection.

• Assiduity -

Question 2

Iniquity

Answer 2

Immoral or grossly unfair behaviour.

Question 3

Zeitgeist

Answer 3

The defining spirit or mood of a particular period as shown by the ideas and beliefs at the time

Question 4

Salubrious

Answer 4

Health giving/ healthy

Question 5

Ashen

Answer 5

(Of a persons face) very pale with shock, fear or illness.

Question 6

Abrogate

Answer 6

Repeal or do away with (a law, right or formal agreement

Question 7

Acerbic

Answer 7

Esp. of comment or style of speaking: sharp and forthright.

Question 8

Capricious

Answer 8

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood of behaviour

Or

Changing according to indiscernible rules, unpredictable.

Question 9

Heuristic

Answer 9

Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.

Ie. Reddit can be seen to be often quite heuristic.

Question 10

Cognizant

Answer 10

Having knowledge or awareness of

Question 11

Mondegreen

Answer 11

A misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from the mishearing or the lyrics of a song