Interesting Words 1

Question 1

Facsimile

Answer 1

An exact copy, especially of written or printed marterial.

Question 2

Ague

Answer 2

Malaria or other illness involving fever and shivering.

Question 3

Agin

Answer 3

Dialect from of against.

Question 4

Intercision

Answer 4

Cutting off, through.

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Cornucopia

Answer 5

A goat’s horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain.

Question 6

Treatise

Answer 6

A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.

Question 7

Popinjay

Answer 7

A vain or conceited person, especially one who dressed or behaves extravagantly.

Question 8

Conceited

Answer 8

Excessively proud of oneself; vain.

Question 9

Bivouac

Answer 9

A temporary camp without tents or cover, especially used by soldiers or mountaineers.

Question 10

Dias

Answer 10

Slide to be projected onto a screen.

Question 11

À outrance

Answer 11

To death or the very end.

Question 12

Imperious

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Arrogant and domineering.

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Prodigal

Answer 13

Spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.

Question 14

Superfluous

Answer 14

Unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

Question 15

Windlass

Answer 15

A motor used for lifting up anchor chains on a ship.

Question 16

Polymath

Answer 16

A person of wide knowledge or learning.

Question 17

Cathay

Answer 17

The historical name of China.

Question 18

Phantasma

Answer 18

A misleading image or appearance (as a mirage).

Question 19

Gunwale

Answer 19

The upper edge or planking of the side of a boat or ship.

Question 20

Fulminating

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Expressing vehement protest.

Question 21

Vehement

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Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Question 22

Succinctly

Answer 22

In a brief and clearly expressed manner.

Question 23

Ascertain

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To find something out; make certain of.

Question 24

Becalmed

Answer 24

(of a sailing ship) To be unable to unable to move through lack of wind.

Question 25

Fortuitously

Answer 25

By chance rather than intention.

Question 26

Beleaguered

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In a very difficult situation. (of a place) Surrounded by armed forces; besieged.

Question 27

Abate

Answer 27

(of something unpleasant or severe) To become less intense or widespread.

Question 28

Plus ça change

Answer 28

Used to express resigned acknowledgement of the fundamental immutability of human nature and institutions.

Question 29

Immutability

Answer 29

The state of not changing, or being unable to change.

Question 30

Enliven

Answer 30

To make something more entertaining, interesting or appealing.

Question 31

Fitful

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Active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady.

Question 32

Perennial

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Lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring.

Question 33

Nolens volens

Answer 33

Whether a person wants or likes something or not.

Question 34

Siliceous

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Containing or consisting of silica.

Question 35

Stratification

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The arrangement or classification of something into different groups.

Question 36

Animalcule

Answer 36

A microscopic animal.

Question 37

Incongruous

Answer 37

Not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.

Question 38

Cerebral

Answer 38

Pertaining to the cerebrum of the brain.

Question 39

Forthright

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(of a person or their manner or speech) Direct and outspoken.

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Prudish

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Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to dubiousness.

Question 41

Marsupials

Answer 41

Animals endemic to Australasia.

Question 42

Indefatigable

Answer 42

(of a person or their efforts) Persisting tirelessly.

Question 43

Concomitant

Answer 43

Naturally accompanying or associated.

Question 44

Hedonistic

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Engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent.

Question 45

Affable

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Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.

Question 46

Ferrule

Answer 46

A ring or cap, typically a metal one, which strengthens the end of a handle, stick, or tube and prevents it from splitting or wearing.

Question 47

Sic

Answer 47

Used in brackets or quoted word that appears odd or erroneous.

Question 48

Sublunary

Answer 48

Belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one.

Question 49

Phlegmatic

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(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

Question 50

Hoary

Answer 50

A colour of greyish-white.