WOD

Question 1

gest

Answer 1

(n): 1: a tale of adventures; especially : a romance in verse 2: adventure, exploit

Question 2

equivocal

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1: a: subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuseb: uncertain as an indication or sign2: of uncertain nature or classification

Question 3

milieu

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the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment

Question 4

force majeure

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1 :superior or irresistible force 2 :an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled

Question 5

exiguous (ex-ih-gu-us)

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excessively scanty; inadequate (e.g. resources)

Question 6

fustigate (fuh-sti-gate)

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verb1: to beat with or as if with a short heavy club2: to criticize severely

Question 7

tontine

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n: a joint financial arrangement whereby the participants usually contribute equally to a prize that is awarded entirely to the participant who survives all the others

Question 8

sentient (adj)

Answer 8

1: responsive to or conscious of sense impressions 2: having or showing understanding or knowledge : aware3: finely sensitive in perception or feeling

Question 9

peripatetic

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(adj): traveling place to place

Question 10

abhorrent

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inspiring disgust; repugnant

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mordant

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biting and caustic wit

Question 12

licentious

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lacking legal/moral restraint

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secularist

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exclusion of religion

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elide

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(verb) omit in speech [noun: elision]

Question 15

lachrymose

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given to weeping

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kegler

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bowler; one who bowls

Question 17

chimerical

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given to fantastic, impossible to achieve schemes

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probity

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uprightness

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duende

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power to attract thru personal magnetism, charm

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extemporaneous

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expedient, makeshift

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precatory

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indicating a wish

Question 22

splenetic

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marked by a bad temper

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pugnacious

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overtly quarrelsome

Question 24

diaspora

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the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland

Question 25

irascible

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(adj) marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

Question 26

ostensibly

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stated or appearing to be true, but not

Question 27

valetudinarian

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a person of a weak or sickly constitution; especially : one whose chief concern is his or her ill health

Question 28

presage

Answer 28

A negative forecast or omen