WOD 41-60 (10/18-11/6)

Question 1

1. bespoke

Answer 1

custom-made

Question 2

2. writhe

Answer 2

to twist, especially in pain

Question 3

3. interlocutor

Answer 3

one who takes part in dialogue or conversation

Question 4

4. cloying

Answer 4

excessively sweet or sentimental

Question 5

5. abide

Answer 5

to remain or continue; to accept without objection

Question 6

6. volition

Answer 6

the power of choosing or determining

Question 7

7. genteel

Answer 7

elegant or graceful in manner, appearance, or shape; marked by false delicacy, prudery, or affectation

Question 8

8. sepulchre

Answer 8

tomb or other place of burial

Question 9

9. peculiar

Answer 9

different from the usual or normal; characteristic of only one person, group, or thing

Question 10

10. defile

Answer 10

to make (something) dirty; to take away or ruin the purity, honor, or goodness of (something or someone important)

Question 11

11. utopia

Answer 11

a place of ideal perfection

Question 12

12. notorious

Answer 12

people and things that are famously known, especially for something unfavorable

Question 13

13. scour

Answer 13

to search (something) carefully and thoroughly

Question 14

14. lycanthropy

Answer 14

the power or ability to take the shape and characteristics of a wolf through witchcraft or magic

Question 15

15. sallow

Answer 15

of a grayish greenish yellow color

Question 16

16. fustigate

Answer 16

to criticize severely; to beat with or as if with a short heavy club

Question 17

17. rapscallion

Answer 17

someone who causes trouble, often in a mischievous way

Question 18

18. catercorner

Answer 18

describe things that are situated in a diagonal or oblique position

Question 19

19. abandon

Answer 19

a feeling or attitude of wild or complete freedom

Question 20

20. gauche

Answer 20

“having or showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave; socially awkward