Monty's bookmark #2

Question 1

Boughs

Answer 1

A branch of a tree especially one of the longer or main ones.

Question 2

Tithe

Answer 2

The tenth part of personal income set apart as an offering to God.

Question 3

Scant

Answer 3

Barely sufficient in amount or quantity.

Question 4

Eddied

Answer 4

To move or whirl In eddies (a small whirlpool).

Question 5

Jouncing

Answer 5

To move joltingly or roughly up and down.

Question 6

Beleaguered

Answer 6

Surrounded by military forces.

Question 7

Carousing

Answer 7

The act or habit of engaging in drunken revelry.

Question 8

Brusque

Answer 8

Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.

Question 9

Girders

Answer 9

A large beam used to reinforce masonry.

Question 10

Transoms

Answer 10

A cross piece separating a door from a window or fanlight.

Question 11

Abutments

Answer 11

The place where projecting parts meet.

Question 12

Gristle

Answer 12

Cartilage, especially in meats.

Question 13

Bilious

Answer 13

Relating to bile or an excess secretion of bile.

Question 14

Bower

Answer 14

A rustic dwelling; cottage.

Question 15

Gangway

Answer 15

A passageway, especially a narrow walkway.

Question 16

Fealty

Answer 16

Fidelity to a lord.

Question 17

Libertine

Answer 17

A freethinker in religious matters.

Question 18

Stolid

Answer 18

Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional.

Question 19

Dithered

Answer 19

A state of flustered excitement or fear.

Question 20

Reprobate

Answer 20

A person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.