SEPT

Question 1

RIGMAROLE (N)

Answer 1

CONFUSED OR MEANINGLESS TALK

A COMPLEX/ RITUALISTIC PROCEDURE

Question 2

IMMACULATE (ADJ)

Answer 2

CONTAINING NO FLAW OR ERROR

SPOTLESSLY CLEAN

Question 3

BLUESTOCKING (N)

Answer 3

A WOMAN HAVING INTELLECT OR LITERARY INTERESTS

Question 4

AFFRONT (V)

Answer 4

TO INSULT ESPECIALLY TO THE FACE WT BEHAVIOR OR LANGUAGE

CONFRONT

Question 5

GARGOYLE (N)

Answer 5

A GROTESQUE CARVED FIGURE

PERSON WT AN UGLY FACE

Question 6

TURBID (ADJ)

Answer 6

CONFUSED/MUDDLED

CLOUDY OR DISCOLORED BY SUSPENDED PARTICLES

The speed of the water flowing over the dam becomes obvious only when one observes the turbid water rolling below.

Question 7

AMPERSAND (N)

Answer 7

A CHARACTER THAT U USE TO REFER TO AND

EX: Smith and Johnson’s Tools

The company coming out of this merger will have a name that combines elements of each of the original companies names with an ampersand.

Question 8

CONTIGUOUS (ADJ)

Answer 8

BEING IN CONTACT

TOUCHING ALONG A BOUNDARY OR AT A POINT

NEXT TO

Mount Whitney is the highest mountain peak in the 48 contiguous states of the USA.

Question 9

FOODIE (N)

Answer 9

A PERSON THAT LOVES FOOD AND KEEPS UP WT FOOD FADS

Question 10

ERSATZ (ADJ)

Answer 10

BEING A USUALLY ARTIFICIAL AND INFERIOR SUBSTITUTE OR IMITATION

If I’m going to eat ice cream, I want the real thing, not the non-fat ersatz version of it.

Question 11

OBVERSE (N)

Answer 11

SOMETHING THAT IS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER OFTEN SPECIFIED THING

OPPOSITE SIDE

Question 12

SCUPPER (V)

Answer 12

TO DEFEAT OR PUT AN END TO

Question 13

DRUTHERS (N)

Answer 13

FREE CHOICE

PREFERENCE

“if one had ones druthers”

If I had my druthers I’d be relaxing at the beach this weekend instead of cleaning my house.

Question 14

NEOTERIC (ADJ)

Answer 14

RECENT IN ORIGIN

MODERN

Question 15

MODICUM (N)

Answer 15

A SMALL PORTION

LIMITED QUANTITY

Question 16

HAPTIC (ADJ)

Answer 16

RELATING TO OR BASED ON THE SENSE OF TOUCH

PREDICTION FOR THE SENSE OF TOUCH

My phone has haptic feedback when I get a text (vibration).

Question 17

QUONDAM (ADJ)

Answer 17

FORMER

SOMETIME

Question 18

CIRCUMLOCUTION (N)

Answer 18

USING UNNECESSARY AMOUNT OF WORDS TO EXPRESS AN IDEA

Question 19

INCANDESCENT (ADJ)

Answer 19

WHITE, GLOWING, LUMINOUS

BRILLIANCE (EXPRESSION)

The incandescent lighting in my attic allowed for me to be provided with just enough light to read the labels on the storage boxes.

Question 20

PERUSE (V)

Answer 20

EXAMINE OR CONSIDER WITH ATTENTION OR DETAIL

Question 21

BINARY (ADJ)

Answer 21

CONSISTING OF TWO THINGS/PARTS

Question 22

EQUINOX (N)

Answer 22

SUN CROSSES THE EQUATOR &DAY AND NIGHT ARE EQUAL HRS

Question 23

TIMELESS (ADJ)

Answer 23

HAVING NO BEGINNING OR END

ETERNAL

Question 24

MORPHEME (N)

Answer 24

EX: laughed
-laugh -ed
2 MORPHEMES

Question 25

LIMPID (ADJ)

Answer 25

MARKED BY TRANSPARENCY

CLEAR AND SIMPLE IN STYLE

SERENE &UNTROUBLED

Question 26

CATBIRD SEAT (N)

Answer 26

A POSITION OF GREAT PROMINENCE OR ADVANTAGE

Question 27

VILIPEND (V)

Answer 27

TO HOLD OR TREAT AS OF LITTLE WORTH OR ACCOUNT

TO EXPRESS IN LOW OPINION OF

The U.S used to vilipend women by treating them like second class citizens.

Question 28

ASKEW (ADV OR ADJ)

Answer 28

OUT OF LINE

A MESS, OFF A LITTLE

When my mom hit me off the back of the head, my glasses were askew on the bridge of my nose.

Question 29

PAROXYSM (N)

Answer 29

A FIT, ATTACK OR SUDDEN INCREASE OR REOCCURRENCE OF SYMPTOMS (CONVULSIONS)

OUTBURST, SUDDEN VIOLENT EMOTION OR ACTION