Week 12

Question 1

Diatribe

Answer 1

Bitter criticism
Ex: Diatribe hidden as building words

Question 2

Inhibition

Answer 2

Mental, psychological restraint
Ex: That voice that says ‘don’t do it’, can be good or bad inhibition

Question 3

Fortuitous

Answer 3

Happy Accident
Ex: Going on a run and seeing my friends

Question 4

Incoherent

Answer 4

Disjointed, doesn’t make sense
Ex: When you get hit, you speak incoherently

Question 5

Ilk

Answer 5

Negative grouping, kind, sort
Ex: Blehm’s ilking of a certain man

Question 6

Expunge

Answer 6

To erase
Ex: I expunged Kathy’s words today

Question 7

Flamboyant

Answer 7

Showy, colorful
Ex: Freddy Mercury is flamboyant

Question 8

Anathema

Answer 8

Something greatly detested
Ex: I don’t have an anathema

Question 9

Schism

Answer 9

A split in a relationship
Ex: I dislike schisms

Question 10

Utopia

Answer 10

Place of perfection
Ex: Avalon is a utopia

Question 11

Prestigious

Answer 11

Illustrious, well known
Ex: Harvard is a prestigious school

Question 12

Placard

Answer 12

Poster
Ex: I have placards in my room

Question 13

Integral

Answer 13

Essential
Ex: Mothers are integral for human life

Question 14

Remuneration

Answer 14

Pay
Ex: A coach’s remuneration for their team

Question 15

Nominal

Answer 15

Slight
Ex: Nominal pay

Question 16

Timorous

Answer 16

Fearful

Question 17

Truncated

Answer 17

Cut short

Question 18

Jaunty

Answer 18

Sprightly, colorful

Question 19

Fractious

Answer 19

Quarrelsome

Question 20

Ostentatious

Answer 20

Showy, over the top