words

Question 1

Filigreed

Answer 1

Ornamented with or resembling filigree work

Question 2

Keel

Answer 2

A thing or person-fall over/collapse

Question 3

Legerdemain

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Skillful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks

Question 4

Belying; belie

Answer 4

(Of an appearance) fail to give a true impression of (something)

Question 5

Sentinel

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A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch

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Raucous

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Making/constituting a disturbing harsh/loud noise

Question 7

Maudlin

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Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental

Question 8

Palimpsest

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• Definition in book: The idea of the past blotted out, written over by the present
• A manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing

Question 9

Superimposed

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Placed or laid over something else, typically so that both things are still evident

Question 10

Effaced

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Erase (a mark) from a surface

Question 11

Dappled

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Marked with spots or rounded patches

Question 12

Boroughs

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A town or district which is an administrative unit

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Pilfered

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Steal things of little value

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Respite

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Brief rest/relief from something horrible

Question 15

Languid

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• (Of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
• Disinclination

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Eclectic

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deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

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Esoteric

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intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

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Scrupulous

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• Of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details
• very concerned to avoid doing wrong

Question 19

Bedraggled

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Suppress (a feeling)

Question 20

Jockey

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• Struggle by every available means to gain or achieve something
• Handle or manipulate (someone or something) in a skillful manner

Question 21

Deferential

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Showing deference; respectful

Question 22

Deferential

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Showing deference; respectful

Question 23

Subservient

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• Prepared to obey others unquestioningly
• Less important; subordinate

Question 24

Shoal

Question 25

Diurnal

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• Active during the day
• Daily: of each day (eg. Diurnal rhythms)

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Poignant

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• Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
• Sharp or pungent in taste or smell

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Shoal

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Area of shallow water

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Brackish

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Have a slightly salty or briny flavour

Question 29

Crepuscular

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Appearing or active in the twilight

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Visceral

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Characterized by or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect

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Fusty

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Having a stale smell; musty or moldy

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Myriad

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A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

Question 33

Myriad

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A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

Question 34

Estuary

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A habitat in which the freshwater of a river meets the salt water of the ocean

Question 35

Expunge

Answer 35

obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant)