Week 23

Question 1

Stamina, n.

Answer 1

The strength required to resist or withstand disease, fatigue or hardship.

Question 2

Stationary, adj.

Answer 2

Not moving.

Question 3

Steeple, n.

Answer 3

An ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.

Question 4

Stimulus, n.

Answer 4

Something that rouses or incites to activity.

Question 5

Subservient, adj.

Answer 5

Subordinate in capacity or function.

Question 6

Substitute, n.

Answer 6

A person who takes the place of or acts for another.

Question 7

Suffocate, v.

Answer 7

To die from being unable to breathe.

Question 8

Suffrage, n.

Answer 8

The right or power to participate in electing public officials and adopting or rejecting legislation in a representative form of government.

Question 9

Sumptuous, adj.

Answer 9

Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; costly, lavish.

Question 10

Superfluous, adj.

Answer 10

Being beyond what is required or sufficient.

Question 11

Superstitious, adj.

Answer 11

Having irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome.

Question 12

Surplus, adj.

Answer 12

Being more than or in excess of what is needed or required.

Question 13

Surreptitious, adj.

Answer 13

Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means.

Question 14

Sustain, v.

Answer 14

To support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.

Question 15

Symbol, n.

Answer 15

Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention.

Question 16

Symmetry, n.

Answer 16

Balanced proportions.

Question 17

Sympathy, n.

Answer 17

The act or capacity of entering into or sharing the feelings or interest of another.

Question 18

Tabernacle, n.

Answer 18

The Jewish temple.

Question 19

Tambourine, n.

Answer 19

A percussion instrument consisting of a small drumhead with jingling disks fitted into the rim, usually played by shaking and striking with the hand.

Question 20

Tariff, n.

Answer 20

The duty or rate of duty imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.

Question 21

Technical, adj.

Answer 21

Having special skill or practical knowledge, especially in a mechanical or scientific field.

Question 22

Tedious, adj.

Answer 22

Marked by tedium; long and tiresome.

Question 23

Telephone, n.

Answer 23

A device for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

Question 24

Tension, n.

Answer 24

Mental, emotional, or nervous strain.

Question 25

Tentative, adj.

Answer 25

Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional.

Question 26

Terrible, adj.

Answer 26

Dreadful, extremely disagreeable, objectionable.

Question 27

Terrific, adj.

Answer 27

Of an extraordinary nature; astounding; tremendous.

Question 28

Therapeutic, adj.

Answer 28

Of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods.

Question 29

Thermometer, n.

Answer 29

An instrument for determining temperature.

Question 30

Thesaurus, n.

Answer 30

A dictionary of synonyms.

Question 31

Thirsty, adj.

Answer 31

Desiring to drink.

Question 32

Threshold, n.

Answer 32

Place or point of entering or beginning; entrance; outset.