June 9

Question 1

castellated

Answer 1

1. (Architecture) having turrets and battlements, like a castle
2. (Mechanical Engineering) having indentations similar to battlements

Question 2

settee

Answer 2

(sɛˈtiː)
n
(Furniture) a seat, for two or more people, with a back and usually with arms

Question 3

squarish

Answer 3

(ˈskwɛər ɪʃ)

adj.
approximately square.

Question 4

throng

Answer 4

(θrɒŋ)
n
a great number of people or things crowded together
vb
1. to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd

Question 5

fixity

Answer 5

1. The quality or condition of being fixed.

2. Something fixed or immovable.

Question 6

profess

Answer 6

1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: “a physics major [who] professes to be a stickler when it comes to data” (Gina Maranto).
2. To make a pretense of; pretend

Question 7

cot

Answer 7

(kɒt)
n
1. (Furniture) a child’s boxlike bed, usually incorporating vertical bars
2. (Furniture) a collapsible or portable bed

Question 8

slat

Answer 8

(slăt)
n.
1. A narrow strip of metal or wood, as in a Venetian blind.
2. A movable auxiliary airfoil running along the leading edge of the wing of an airplane.

Question 9

loom

Answer 9

A distorted, threatening appearance of something, as through fog or darkness.

An apparatus for making thread or yarn into cloth by weaving strands together at right angles.

vb (intr)

1. to come into view indistinctly with an enlarged and often threatening aspect
2. (of an event) to seem ominously close
3. (often foll by over) (of large objects) to dominate or overhang

Question 10

tousle

Answer 10

(ˈtaʊzəl)
vb (tr)
1. to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange
2. to treat roughly
n
3. a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state
4. a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair

Question 11

clerk

Answer 11

A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.