Vocabulary

Question 1

Sybarite

Answer 1

A devotee of pleasure

Question 2

Aesthete

Answer 2

A devotee of beauty

Question 3

Squamous

Answer 3

Scaly

Question 4

Offal

Answer 4

The unused parts in the production of meat

Question 5

Flagon

Answer 5

A container designed to hold wine, can be a large bottle

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Glut

Answer 6

To feed excessively

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Milliner

Answer 7

One who makes hats

Question 8

Cooper

Answer 8

One who makes casks

Question 9

Corpus delicti

Answer 9

A legal phrase meaning “material substance of a crime”

Question 10

Amicus curiae

Answer 10

A legal phrase meaning “friend of the court”

Question 11

Julienne

Answer 11

To cut into strips for cooking

Question 12

Sommelier

Answer 12

One who recommends a good or appropriate wine

Question 13

Sphygmomanometer

Answer 13

A device used to measure blood pressure

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Meerschaum

Answer 14

A type of smoking pipe

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Seersucker

Answer 15

A type of fabric

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Sere

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Arid, dry

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Agoraphobia

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Fear of public spaces

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Zither

Answer 18

A type of string instrument

Question 19

Hepatic

Answer 19

Having to do with the liver

Question 20

Otic

Answer 20

Having to do with the ear

Question 21

Granivorous

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Having a diet primarily of seeds, grains, or nuts

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Piscivorous

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Having a diet primarily of fish

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Apian

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Referring to bees

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Surfeit

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A synonym for plethora

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Surcease

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To cease, to stop

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Encomium

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A speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly

Question 27

Oneiric

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Having to do with dreams

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Fluvial

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Having to do with rivers

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Patella

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A kneecap

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Etiolate

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To become pale

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Ossify

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To become rigid

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Nostrum

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A false or dubious remedy

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Torus

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A donut shaped solid

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Erg

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A unit of measurement for work

Question 35

Ampere

Answer 35

A unit of measurement for electrical current

Question 36

Macerate

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To soften

Question 37

Consonance

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The repetition of the same sounds at the end of words

Question 38

Alliteration

Answer 38

The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words

Question 39

Numismatology

Answer 39

The study of money

Question 40

Supercilious

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Arrogant, contumelious

Question 41

Contumelious

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Arrogant, supercilious

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Prolix

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Talkative, verbose, voluble

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Truncheon

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A type of stick

Question 44

Sycophant

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One who flatters, a flatterer

Question 45

Demur

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To object to or doubt, the opposite of accept

Question 46

Cask

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A large container like a barrel, made of wood, metal, or plastic, used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks

Question 47

Daguerreotype

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A primitive type of photograph

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Voluble

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Talkative, verbose, prolix, loquacious, garrulous

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Hermetic

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Airtight

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Truculent

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Ferocious

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Impecunious

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Poor

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Stone

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A unit of measurement for weight, 1 stone = 14 lbs.

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Garrulous

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Talkative, verbose, prolix, loquacious, voluble

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Loquacious

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Talkative, verbose, prolix, garrulous, voluble

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Noisome

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Putrid, having a foul odor

Question 57

Nephology

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The study of clouds

Question 58

Sui genera

Answer 58

Latin for “one of a kind”