Oct. 25

Question 1

Loquacious

Answer 1

talkative

Question 2

Magnanimous

Answer 2

generous or forgiving to a rival or someone less powerful

Question 3

Obdurate

Answer 3

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action

Question 4

Palliate

Answer 4

to make the symptoms less severe without removing the cause

Question 5

quagmire

Answer 5

a difficult or precarious situation; a predicament

Question 6

rancor

Answer 6

a grudge

Question 7

sacrosanct

Answer 7

sacred or holy; immune from criticism

Question 8

salacious

Answer 8

appealing to sexual desire

Question 9

tacit

Answer 9

understood or implied without being said (adj)

Question 10

umbrage

Answer 10

offense or annoyance

Question 11

I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.

Answer 11

anaphora

Question 12

You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart.

Answer 12

antithesis

Question 13

Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile Whether Jew or gentile, I rank top percentile Many styles, More powerful than gamma rays My grammar pays, like Carlos Santana plays

Answer 13

consonance

Question 14

She opened her door and her heart to the orphan.

Answer 14

zuegma

Question 15

Eric’s eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating.

Answer 15

alliteration