Week after 13

Question 0

Salutary

Answer 0

Healthful; Wholesome

The fresh air had a salutary effect on my sickness.

Question 1

Nirvana

Answer 1

Condition of peace or happiness

I sought nirvana through medication.

Question 2

Despicable

Answer 2

Hateful

The despicable man yelled at the child.

Question 3

Harlequin

Answer 3

A clown

The queen summoned the harlequin for enjoyment.

Question 4

Empathy

Answer 4

An understanding of another’s feelings

I felt empathy for the hurt boy.

Question 5

Brevity

Answer 5

Briefness; short duration

The brevity of the speech was unacceptable.

Question 6

Savant

Answer 6

Person of extensive learning; an eminent scholar

Einstein was a savant.

Question 7

Obsequious

Answer 7

Excessively submissive or overly attentive

The waiters obsequious behavior was annoying.

Question 8

Redundant

Answer 8

Repetitious

Saying that word over and over is redundant.

Question 9

Offal

Answer 9

Garbage or waste parts

No one wanted to clean up the offal, so they gave it to the pigs.

Question 10

Hoi Polloi

Answer 10

The common people; the masses

The hoi polloi enjoyed watching the Christians fight the lions.

Question 11

Sentient

Answer 11

Conscious; capable of feeling or perceiving

I couldn’t tell if he was sentient, but I kept talking.

Question 12

Impinge

Answer 12

To encroach; trespass

I do not impinge on my neighbors land.

Question 13

Cataract

Answer 13

A large waterfall

You can’t boat in the rivers because of the cataracts.

Question 14

Animosity

Answer 14

Hatred

There was animosity between the two volleyball teams.