October 2021

Question 1

vista

Answer 1

1: a distant view through or along an avenue or opening:PROSPECT
2: an extensive mental view (as over a stretch of time or a series of events)

Question 2

bailiwick

Answer 2

1law enforcement : the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff (see BAILIFF sense 1a)
2: the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain (see DOMAIN sense 4)

Question 3

inexorable

Answer 3

not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped:RELENTLESS

inexorableprogress

Question 4

memetics

Answer 4

Memeticssees ideas as a kind of virus, sometimes propagating in spite of truth and logic. Its maxim is: Beliefs that survive aren’t necessarily true, rules that survive aren’t necessarily fair and rituals that survive aren’t necessarily necessary. Things that survive do so because they are good at surviving.