Manhattan 6

Question 1

ruddy

Answer 1

used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.

(of a person’s face) having a healthy red colour.

Question 2

eulogist

Answer 2

a person who gives a speech containing great praise, especially for someone who has recently died:

Question 3

thespian

Answer 3

connected with acting and the theatre

Question 4

albeit

Answer 4

although

Question 5

riveting

Answer 5

extremely interesting:

Question 6

fleeting

Answer 6

short or quick:

Question 7

waggish

Answer 7

(of a person) funny in a clever way

Question 8

tacky

Answer 8

of cheap quality or in bad style:

Question 9

encumbrance

Answer 9

something that makes it difficult for you to do something:

Question 10

earthy

Answer 10

referring to sex in a direct way

Question 11

populist

Answer 11

a member of a political party claiming to represent the interests of the common people

Question 12

explicate

Answer 12

to explain something in detail

Question 13

heuristic

Answer 13

enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.

Question 14

dystopia

Answer 14

an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian

Question 15

aver

Answer 15

to say that something is certainly true:

Question 16

contemptible

Answer 16

deserving contempt:

Question 17

Draconian

Answer 17

(esp. of a rule, law, or punishment) extremely severe:

Question 18

irredeemable

Answer 18

impossible to correct, improve, or change:

not able to be saved, improved, or corrected

Question 19

delves

Answer 19

to search, especially as if by digging, in order to find a thing or information:

Question 20

earnest

Answer 20

sincere and serious:

Question 21

meritorious

Answer 21

deserving great praise:

Question 22

Cache

Answer 22

To store / memory

Question 23

cogitation

Answer 23

the action of thinking deeply about something; contemplation.

Question 24

artillery

Answer 24

very large guns that are moved on wheels

Question 25

astringent

Answer 25

Astringent remarks are clever but unkind or criticize someone:

Question 26

obfuscate

Answer 26

to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally:

Question 27

Conformable

Answer 27

similar

Question 28

patron

Answer 28

a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause.
A regular customer

Question 29

exultant

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very happy, especially at someone else’s defeat or failure:

Question 30

indispensable

Answer 30

absolutely necessary

Question 31

reclusive

Answer 31

avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

Question 32

monastic

Answer 32

of or related to monasteries or monks

Question 33

fidelity

Answer 33

the state of remaining loyal to someone and keeping the promises you made to that person
the degree of exactness with which something is copied or reproduced.

Question 34

solidarity

Answer 34

agreement between and support for the members of a group:

Question 35

ad hoc

Answer 35

when necessary or needed.

Question 36

momentous

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very important, esp. because of the effects on future events:

Question 37

obliterate

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to remove all signs of something; destroy:

Question 38

engrossing

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very interesting and needing all your attention:

Question 39

intrinsic

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being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing:

Question 40

canonical

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considered to be good and important, and worth studying:

Question 41

careen

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move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Question 42

trundled

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to develop or operate slowly:

Question 43

Tarried / tarry

Answer 43

to stay somewhere for longer than expected and delay leaving

Question 44

appose

Answer 44

to place something next to or close to something else:

Question 45

inconsolable

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so sad or disappointed that it is impossible for anyone to make you feel better:

Question 46

Eremitic / eremite / hermit

Answer 46

A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence

Question 47

piteously

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in a way that causes you to feel sadness and sympathy:

Question 48

stopgap

Answer 48

a temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need.

Question 49

canonize

Answer 49

to glorify.

Question 50

Bleat / bleated

Answer 50

to complain in an annoying way: