Story 2

Question 1

Enigma

Answer 1

Something hard to understand or explain

Question 2

Hiatus

Answer 2

A pause or gap in a sequence and series or process

Question 3

Muskeg

Answer 3

North American swamp/bog made of a mix of water and dead vegetation

Question 4

Dissipate

Answer 4

Disappear or cause to disappear

Question 5

Staccato

Answer 5

Disconnected and abrupt, sharply detached

Question 6

Betrayed

Answer 6

Exposed to danger by giving info to enemy

Question 7

Spasm

Answer 7

Involuntarily and abnormal muscular contraction
Or
A sudden violent and temporary effort/emotion/sensation

Question 8

Tentatively

Answer 8

In a way that lacks confidence
Or
Subject to further confirmation

Question 9

Char

Answer 9

Partially burned so as to blacken surface. Also a fish

Question 10

Emaciated

Answer 10

Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or lack of food

Question 11

Undulate

Answer 11

Move with a smooth up-down motion, or a leaf that has a wavy surface/edge

Question 12

Cadence

Answer 12

A modulation or infliction of voice that can change meaning of sentence

Question 13

Monochromatic

Answer 13

Containing or using only one colour

Question 14

Careened

Answer 14

Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction

Question 15

Revulsion

Answer 15

A sense of disgust and loathing

Question 16

Submerged

Question 17

Remnants

Question 18

Lacerated

Answer 18

(Of skin) deeply cut or torn

Question 19

Reticent

Answer 19

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily