Manhattan 2

Question 1

garish

Answer 1

showy or too brightly colored:

Question 2

lurid

Answer 2

shocking because involving violence or sex:

too brightly coloured:

Question 3

augur / portend

Answer 3

to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future:

Question 4

risible

Answer 4

so lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at:

Question 5

nefarious

Answer 5

(especially of activities) morally bad:

Question 6

incarcerate

Answer 6

to put or keep someone in prison:

Question 7

teeming

Answer 7

If a place is teeming, it is full of people:

Question 8

wrought

Answer 8

made or done in a careful or decorative way:

Question 9

taxonomy

Answer 9

the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

Question 10

orthography

Answer 10

the accepted way of spelling and writing words

Question 11

ape

Answer 11

to copy something or someone:

Question 12

malignity

Answer 12

the quality of intending to cause harm

Question 13

voluminous

Answer 13

A voluminous piece of writing is long and detailed:

Question 14

deft

Answer 14

skilful, clever, or quick:

Question 15

exhilarated

Answer 15

very excited and happy:

Question 16

undertone

Answer 16

a quality of something that you realize exists although it is not expressed directly:
in a very quiet voice:

Question 17

infatuated

Answer 17

having a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for someone or something:

Question 18

platonic

Answer 18

A platonic relationship or emotion is loving but not sexual:

Question 19

categorical

Answer 19

unambiguously explicit and direct.

unequivocal

Question 20

amend

Answer 20

to change something, especially the words of a text:

Question 21

Interpret

Answer 21

to change what someone is saying into another language:
find meaning
to express

Question 22

tetchy

Answer 22

easily made angry, unhappy, or upset:

Question 23

beguiling

Answer 23

interesting or attractive, but perhaps not to be trusted:

Question 24

oviparous

Answer 24

animals producing eggs

Question 25

vestments

Answer 25

the special clothes worn by priests during church ceremonies

Question 26

bijoux

Answer 26

jewellery

Question 27

verdigris

Answer 27

a blue-green layer that forms on copper, brass, or bronze

Question 28

sanguine

Answer 28

red in colour:

Question 29

azure

Answer 29

the bright blue colour of the sky on a clear day:

Question 30

suffuse

Answer 30

to spread through or over something completely:

Question 31

Pluralistic / pluralism

Answer 31

the existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society:

Question 32

cleaved

Answer 32

to cut or break into two or more parts:

Question 33

tenable

Answer 33

reasonable, or possible to achieve or defend:

Question 34

Otiose / otiosity

Answer 34

serving no practical purpose or result.

Question 35

Unheralded

Answer 35

not acclaimed or widely recognized

Question 36

curio

Answer 36

a rare, unusual, or intriguing object.

Question 37

stigma

Answer 37

a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair:

Question 38

aural

Answer 38

relating to hearing:

Question 39

ennobling

Answer 39

give (someone) a noble rank or title.

Question 40

Fetter

Answer 40

to keep someone within limits or stop them from making progress:

Question 41

imperative

Answer 41

extremely important or urgent:

Question 42

nonconformist

Answer 42

someone who lives and thinks in a way that is different from other people

Question 43

vortex

Answer 43

a dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more involved and from which you cannot escape:

Question 44

amity

Answer 44

a good relationship:

Question 45

solace

Answer 45

to give help and comfort to someone when they are feeling sad or worried

Question 46

distension

Answer 46

the act of swelling,

Question 47

prudish

Answer 47

easily shocked by rude things, especially anything relating to sex:

Question 48

impoverished

Answer 48

very poor:

made weaker or worse in quality:

Question 49

refuge

Answer 49

(a place that gives) protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness, etc.:

Question 50

Arcadian

Answer 50

showing or relating to an image or idea of perfect countryside life: