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A mix of questions
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a scholar, a person of learning
What is a savant?
100
Fr. bafouer = ridicule
What is baffle?
100
a deadly woman
What is a femme fatale?
100
from L: mansionem = dwelling
What is menial?
100
labor not requiring special skill is known as
What is menial labor?
200
a narrow, deep valley, gorge or abyss
What is a chasm?
200
L: sapere = to be wise
What is savant?
200
to oppose, hinder
What is to thwart?
200
from Gk: chasma = yawning hollow
What is chasm?
200
I was ____ by the difficult riddle.
What is baffled?
300
vulgar, ill-bred, rude
What is churlish?
300
Fr: femme, from L femina = woman, fatalis = deadly
What is femme fatale?
300
powerful, effective
What is potent?
300
Gk: idiosynkrasia
What is idiosyncrasy?
300
Rainsford tried to ____ Zaroff's intentions of killing him by setting up elaborate traps.
What is thwart?
400
a characteristic distinguishing an individual
What is idiosyncrasy?
400
L: pro= forward; facere = to make
What is proficient?
400
skilled, masterly
What is proficient?
400
L: potentum = powerful
What is potent?
400
A person who is traditionally intelligent but careless or reckless in everyday matters is known as
What is an idiot savant
500
widely known for something scandalous
What is notoriety?
500
ME from OE: coerl = man, husband
What is churlish?
500
to charm, cheat, deceive
What is beguile?
500
L: indu = in, gignere = to create
What is indigenous?
500
Most of the birds we caught were ____, but some had come from far away.
What is indigenous?
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