Shades Of Gray

Question 1

Derision

Answer 1

Ridicule; mockery

Question 2

Indecision

Answer 2

Inability to decide

Question 3

Miller

Answer 3

A person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain to flour

Question 4

Callus

Answer 4

A hardened or thickened part of the skin

Question 5

Oblivious

Answer 5

Unmindful; unconscious; unaware

Question 6

Chagrin

Answer 6

A feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

Question 7

Adversary

Answer 7

A person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe

Question 8

Knoll

Answer 8

A small, rounded hill

Question 9

Inevitable

Answer 9

Sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable

Question 10

Poultice

Answer 10

A soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs applied hot as a medicament (medicine, remedy) to the body

Question 11

Scythe

Answer 11

an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain by hand

Question 12

Arc

Answer 12

any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line

Question 13

Brooch

Answer 13

a clasp or ornament having a pin at the back for passing through the clothing and a catch for securing the point of the pin

Question 14

Defiant

Answer 14

Boldly resistant or challenging

Question 15

Eddies

Answer 15

A small whirlpool

Question 16

Gears

Answer 16

a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion

Question 17

Belts

Answer 17

an endless flexible band passing about two or more pulleys, used to transmit motion from one pulley to the other or others or to convey materials and objects

Question 18

Pulleys

Answer 18

a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end; one of the simple machines

Question 19

Sluice gate

Answer 19

an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate at the upper end for regulating the flow

Question 20

Lever

Answer 20

a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third