WM's 2/3

Question 1

Cloister

Answer 1

A monastic establishment; a place or state of seclusion.

Question 2

Flout

Answer 2

To treat with disdain, scorn or contempt.

Question 3

Mundane

Answer 3

Common, ordinary, banal, unimaginative; relating to the world, universe or Earth.

Question 4

Recompense

Answer 4

To repay or reward for service or aid; to pay or give compensation for something.

Question 5

Expunge

Answer 5

To strike or blot out, erase, obliterate.

Question 6

Halcyon

Answer 6

Calm, peaceful, tranquil; rich, wealthy, prosperous; happy, joyful, carefree; a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher.

Question 7

Status quo

Answer 7

The existing state or condition.

Question 8

Abate

Answer 8

To reduce in amount, degree or intensity; to put an end to or suppress; to deduct or subtract; d. to omit

Question 9

Banal

Answer 9

Devoid of freshness or originality,

Question 10

Insurgent

Answer 10

A person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government; a rebel.

Question 11

Provoke

Answer 11

To anger, enrage, exasperate or vex; to stir up; to incite or stimulate; to give rise to or bring about.

Question 12

Vengeful

Answer 12

Desiring or seeking vengeance, vindictive.

Question 13

Reprisal

Answer 13

Retaliation against an enemy; use of force to secure redress of a grievance; the forcible seizure of property /

Question 14

Assuage

Answer 14

To make milder or less severe, relieve, ease, mitigate, appease, satisfy, allay, to soothe, calm or mollify.

Question 15

Contrite

Answer 15

Caused by or showing sincere remorse; filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement.

Question 16

Patina

Answer 16

A film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.

Question 17

Desecrate

Answer 17

To divest of sacred or hallowed character or office; to divert from a sacred to a profane use or purpose; to treat with sacrilege, profane.

Question 18

Abrasive

Answer 18

Any material or substance used for grinding, polishing (as emery, pumice or sandpaper); tending to abrade; tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive.

Question 19

Relic

Answer 19

A surviving memorial of something past; an object having interest by reason of its age or association with the past; something kept in remembrance, souvenir, memento.

Question 20

Flaunt

Answer 20

To parade, or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly or boldly; to ignore or treat with disdain.

Question 21

Exotic

Answer 21

Of foreign origin or character, not native; strikingly strange in effect or appearance; of a uniquely new or experimental nature.

Question 22

Sycophant

Answer 22

A self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.

Question 23

Atone

Answer 23

To make amends or reparation as for an offense or a crime; to make up as for errors or deficiencies.

Question 24

Grim

Answer 24

Harsh, unyielding, frightful, horrible, dire, grisly, severe, stern, ferocious, ruthless.

Question 25

Upstart

Answer 25

A person who has risen suddenly from a humble position to wealth, power or a position of consequence.