Week 26

Question 1

Warden, n.

Answer 1

An official in charge of the operation of a prison.

Question 2

Warehouse, n.

Answer 2

A place in which goods or merchandise are stored; a storehouse.

Question 3

Warmth, n.

Answer 3

The state, sensation, or quality of producing or having a moderate degree of heat.

Question 4

Warrior, n.

Answer 4

A human engaged or experienced in warfare and especially in primitive warfare or the close combat typical of ancient or medieval times.

Question 5

Weather, n.

Answer 5

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.

Question 6

Wedge, n.

Answer 6

A piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

Question 7

Weird, adj.

Answer 7

Curious in nature or appearance; of strange or extraordinary character.

Question 8

Welfare, n.

Answer 8

Health, happiness, and good fortune; well-being.

Question 9

Whimper, v.

Answer 9

To make a low whining plaintive or broken sound.

Question 10

Whirlwind, n.

Answer 10

A small rotating windstorm of limited extent.

Question 11

Whisperer, n.

Answer 11

One who speaks softly with the aim of preserving secrecy.

Question 12

Wholesale, adv.

Answer 12

Extensively; indiscriminately.

Question 13

Wholesome, adj.

Answer 13

Promoting health of body; health-giving.

Question 14

Width, n.

Answer 14

The state, quality, or fact of being wide.

Question 15

Wince, v.

Answer 15

To shrink or start involuntarily, as in pain or distress; flinch.

Question 16

Winsome, adj.

Answer 16

Winning; charming.

Question 17

Wok, n.

Answer 17

A bowl-shaped cooking utensil used especially in the preparation of Chinese food.

Question 18

Wreak, v.

Answer 18

To inflict (vengeance or punishment) upon a person.

Question 19

Wreath, n.

Answer 19

A ring or circle of flowers or leaves worn on the head, used as a decoration or placed as a memorial.

Question 20

Wreckage, n.

Answer 20

Something that has been reduced to a ruinous state by violence; the remains of a wreck.

Question 21

Wriggle, v.

Answer 21

To move the body or a bodily part to and fro with short writhing motions like a worm.

Question 22

Xylophone, n.

Answer 22

A musical instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars graduated in length and sounded by striking with two small wooden hammers.

Question 23

Yacht, n.

Answer 23

Any of various relatively small sailing or motor-driven vessels, generally with smart graceful lines, used for pleasure cruises or racing.

Question 24

Yearn, v.

Answer 24

To have a strong, often melancholy desire.

Question 25

Yeast, n.

Answer 25

A substance used in baking and the fermentation of alcoholic beverages.

Question 26

Yoga, n.

Answer 26

Union of the individual self with the universal spirit.

Question 27

Youngster, n.

Answer 27

A young person; a child or youth.

Question 28

Zeal, n.

Answer 28

Impassioned eagerness.

Question 29

Zealot, n.

Answer 29

One who shows excessive, impassioned eagerness.

Question 30

Zealous, adj.

Answer 30

Filled with or motivated by zeal; fervent.

Question 31

Zebra, n.

Answer 31

Any of several swift, wild, horselike African mammals of the genus Equus, having distinctive overall markings of alternating white and black or brown stripes.