Repeating/Riddling Words

Question 1

Recidivist

Answer 1

someone who returns to a previous pattern of behavior, especially criminal behavior

Question 2

Doppelganger

Answer 2

a ghostly double of a living person

Question 3

Tautology

Answer 3

a needless repetition of the same words or phrases, an empty statement composed of simple statements that make it logically true, whether the simple statements are factually true or not

Question 4

Redundant

Answer 4

something that exceeds what’s necessary

Question 5

Simulacrum

Answer 5

image or representation

Question 6

Palimpsest

Answer 6

a literal manuscript, possibly on hide or parchment, that has been written on, scraped, and written on again, or an object or place that similarly reflects layers of its history

Question 7

Pleonasm

Answer 7

a verbal redundancy often used deliberately for poetic effect

Question 8

Verisimilitude

Answer 8

realism, believability, credibility

Question 9

Reiterate

Answer 9

to repeat

Question 10

Recrudescent

Answer 10

to revivify or to come back after a period of quiet inactivity

Question 11

Enigma

Answer 11

a puzzling, inexplicable, or ambiguous situation

Question 12

Ambiguous

Answer 12

the meaning of something is uncertain, open to more than one interpretation

Question 13

Ambivalent

Answer 13

uncertain (describes human emotions)

Question 14

Byzantine

Answer 14

something excessively complicated, especially when the complexities come about through intrigue or scheming

Question 15

Paradox

Answer 15

a seemingly contradictory statement, one that probably reveals truth

Question 16

Labyrinthine

Answer 16

something that has the qualities of a maze, an intricate structure of interconnected passages, something very confusing (describes situations or places, not people)

Question 17

Conundrum

Answer 17

a challenging puzzle, dilemma, or riddle

Question 18

Oneiric

Answer 18

a scholarly adjective for matters that relate to or suggest dreams or visions

Question 19

Oxymoron

Answer 19

a brief paradox, a word or phrase that seems to contradict itself but does not

Question 20

Latent

Answer 20

it’s present but not evident, you may or may not know if it’s there