Manhattan 5

Question 1

entail

Answer 1

to involve or make something necessary:

Question 2

sedate

Answer 2

calm and controlled

Question 3

objectify

Answer 3

to treat a person like a tool or toy, as if they had no feelings, opinions, or rights of their own:

Question 4

weasel

Answer 4

achieve something by use of cunning or deceit.

behave or talk evasively.

Question 5

exuberant

Answer 5

(especially of people and their behaviour) very energetic:

Question 6

drift

Answer 6

the general meaning without the details:

be carried slowly by a current of air or water.

Question 7

waft

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to (cause to) move gently through the air:

Question 8

crepuscular

Answer 8

resembling or relating to twilight.

Question 9

inferable

Answer 9

To conclude from evidence or by reasoning

Question 10

Untarnished

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If metal is untarnished, it has not lost its shine:

(of reputation )not spoiled or damaged.

Question 11

immaculate

Answer 11

perfectly clean and without any mistakes

Question 12

ill-bred

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rude and behaving badly:

Question 13

butterfingers

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a person who drops things they are carrying or trying to catch:

Question 14

Dabble / dabbling

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to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period:

Question 15

connoisseur

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someone who has a lot of experience of something and knows a lot about it:

Question 16

cascade

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to fall quickly and in large amounts; to flow:

Question 17

barren

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not creating or producing anything new:

Question 18

baroque

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related to decoration in buildings

Question 19

dowdy

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(especially of clothes or the person wearing them) not attractive or fashionable:

Question 20

capacious

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having a lot of space and able to contain a lot:

Question 21

discrepant

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showing a difference between two things that should be the same:

Question 22

contrived

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artificial and difficult to believe:

Question 23

devised

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to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:

Question 24

Egalitarian

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believing that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life:

Question 25

Matriarchal

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ruled or controlled by women or females:

Question 26

patriarchal

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ruled or controlled by men:

Question 27

Oligarchy / Oligarchal

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a government in which power is held by a small group of people

Question 28

bandit

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an armed thief, esp. (in older use) one who attacks people while they are traveling:

Question 29

gazetteer

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a book or part of a book that contains a list of places and usually information about them:

Question 30

almanac

Answer 30

an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.

Question 31

anthology

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a collection of stories, poems, etc., by different writers

Question 32

dyspepsia

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indigestion

Question 33

apparition

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the spirit of a dead person appearing in a form that can be seen

Question 34

butte

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hill

Question 35

paltry

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(of an amount of money) of little quality or value:

Question 36

anchorage

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a place where something is fastened firmly:

Question 37

outmoded

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old-fashioned

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irreducible

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impossible to make smaller or simpler:

Question 39

Doctored / doctor

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change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Question 40

Sated / sate

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satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full.

Question 41

poltroon

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coward

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ravine

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a deep, narrow valley

Question 43

Archrival / arch-rival

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A rival

Question 44

luminary

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a person who is famous and important in a particular area of activity:

Question 45

cull

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to collect parts or pieces of something to use for another purpose: to reduce the number of people that work for a particular company by a large amount: If you cull animals or plants, you kill or remove them:

Question 46

consort

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a wife or husband, especially of a ruler | to spend time in the company of particular people:

Question 47

imbue

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to fill something or someone with a quality or feeling:

Question 48

fathom

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to discover the meaning of something | to understand someone or why someone acts as they do:

Question 49

subsided

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If a condition subsides, it becomes less strong or extreme:

Question 50

estuary

Answer 50

river