WOD 121-140 (1/23 - 2/11)

Question 1

1. endemic

Answer 1

growing or existing in a certain place or region; common in a particular area or field

Question 2

2. balkanize

Answer 2

to break up (a region, a group, etc.) into smaller and often hostile units; to divide or compartmentalize

Question 3

3. marginalia

Answer 3

refers to notes or other marks written in the margins of a text, and to nonessential matters or items

Question 4

4. knackered

Answer 4

very tired or exhausted

Question 5

5. wangle

Answer 5

to get something by trickery or persuasion; to adjust or manipulate for personal or fraudulent ends

Question 6

6. doctrinaire

Answer 6

stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical conditions

Question 7

7. rubric

Answer 7

an established rule, tradition, or custom; something under which a thing is classed

Question 8

8. adapt

Answer 8

to make or become fit (as for a new use) often by modification

Question 9

9. savant

Answer 9

a learned person, especially someone with detailed knowledge about a particular subject

Question 10

10. eleemosynary

Answer 10

of, relating to, or supported by charity

Question 11

11. portend

Answer 11

to give a sign or warning that something is going to happen

Question 12

12. challah

Answer 12

an egg-rich yeast-leavened bread that is usually braided or twisted before baking and traditionally eaten by Jewish people on the Sabbath and some holidays

Question 13

13. scrutinize

Answer 13

to examine something carefully, especially in a critical way

Question 14

14. weal

Answer 14

a state of being happy, healthy, and successful; usually ascribed to a group. rather than individuals

Question 15

15. fraught

Answer 15

causing or having a lot of emotional stress of worried

Question 16

16. acquiesce

Answer 16

to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing

Question 17

17. despot

Answer 17

a ruler who has total power and who often uses that power in cruel and unfair ways

Question 18

18. vapid

Answer 18

lacking in liveliness, force, or spirit; dull or boring

Question 19

19. ignis fatuus

Answer 19

a light that sometimes appears in the night over marshy ground and is often attributable to the combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter; a deceptive goal or hope

Question 20

20. besotted

Answer 20

loving someone or something so much that you can not think clearly