Week 5: 8-14

Question 0

Sinecure

Answer 0

(n) A paid position or office requiring little or no work

Question 1

Hapless

Answer 1

(Adj.) Unfortunate or unlucky

Question 2

Harrow

Answer 2

(V) To disturb or torment

(V) To prepare ground for planting with a harrow, a tool designed to break up and even out plowed land

Question 3

Exhaustive

Answer 3

(Adj.) Thorough; not leaving anything out

(Adj.) Tending to exhaust, exhausting

Question 4

Haven

Answer 4

(N) A place of comfort or rest, a sanctuary

(N) A port or harbor

Question 5

Clinch

Answer 5

(V) Grab, hold; secure a goal (to “clinch the win”)

Question 6

Stymie

Answer 6

(V) To block, thwart, or stand in the way of