Words With Uncommon Meanings

Question 1

Founder

Answer 1

To fill with water and sink

“six drowned when the yacht foundered off the Florida coast”

Question 2

Guy

Answer 2

a rope or cord attached to something as a bracelet or guide, to steady or reinforce using a guy

Question 3

List

Answer 3

To tilt or lean

Question 4

Prize

Answer 4

To pry or force with a lever

Question 5

Rent

Answer 5

Having an opening or tear

Question 6

Quail

Answer 6

To lose courage

Question 7

Scurvy

Answer 7

Contemptible, despicable

Question 8

Tender

Answer 8

To offer or proffer

Question 9

Chimera

Answer 9

An illusion

Question 10

Emollient

Answer 10

Soothing

Question 11

Astringent

Answer 11

Acidic or bitter, sharply severe

Question 12

Plum

Answer 12

Exactly

“the helicopter crashed plum on the cabins”

Question 13

Pique

Answer 13

To irritate

To score 30 points in an archaic game before an opponent can do anything

Question 14

Dispensation

Answer 14

An exemption from a rule

A system of order or government

Question 15

Sop

Answer 15

A thing given or done as a concession of no great value to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met

Question 16

Consonant

Answer 16

In agreement or harmony with

Question 17

Cauterize

Answer 17

To make insensible, deaden