DON'T HOLD YOUR "BRE"ATH
GOING BACK TO LATIN ROOTS
OPENING THE SPICE DRAWER
LITERARY DEVICES
CHEESED TO MEAT YOU
200

THIS, ACCORDING TO SHAKESPEARE IS THE SOUL OF WIT

BREVITY

200

THIS SUFFIX WILL HAVE NO DOUBT BEEN HEARD BY THOSE ENTERING STEM FIELDS, MEANING 'THE STUDY OF'

LOGY

200

THIS SPICE, OFTEN USED IN INDIAN CURRY DISHES, COMES FROM THE DRIED STIGMA OF A FLOWER AND IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE SPICE BY WEIGHT

SAFFRON

200

THIS FICTIONAL MACHINE IS A TIME TRAVELING SPACESCHIP DISGUISED AS A BRITISH POLICE BOX 

THE T.A.R.D.I.S

200

THIS ITALIAN CHEESE IS MADE FROM BUFFALO MILK AND IS A KEY INGREDIENT IN CAPRESE SALAD

MOZZARELLA

400

FRENCH WORD FOR A SWORD TYPICALLY USED IN FENCING

SABRE

400

IF YOU ARE AVERSE TO SOMETHING, THEN YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LATIN SUFFIX WHICH MEANS AVOIDING OR FEARFUL

PHOBIA

400

THIS SPICE IS COMMONLY PAIRED WITH CINNAMON IN DESSERTS AND IS DERIVED FROM THE SEED OF A PLANT IN THE GINGER FAMILY

NUTMEG

400

THIS IS A SIMULATED REALITY CREATED BY INTELLIGENT COMPUTERS IN ORDER TO SUBJUGATE HUMANITY

THE MATRIX

400

THIS CHEESE FROM THE UK IS A SEMI-HARD, YELLOW CHEESE WITH A CRUMBLY TEXTURE, OFTEN AGED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO DEVELOP A SHARP FLAVOR.

CHEDDAR

600

CHURCHGOERS WILL FIND THEMSELVES FAMILIAR WITH THIS WORD FOR A BOOK OR HYMNS AND PRAYERS

BREVIARY

600

HELICOPTER IS COMPOSED OF TWO LATIN ROOTS, HELICO WHICH MEANS SPIRAL AND PTER WHICH MEANS THIS

WING

600

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS CREDITED WITH BRINGING THIS RED SPICE, MADE FROM THE DRIED PODS OF A PLANT IN THE NIGHTSHADE FAMILY, TO EUROPE

PAPRIKA

600

COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN KIRK AND LATER JEAN LUC PICARD, THIS SPACEFARING VESSEL WAS KNOWN AS 

THE STARSHIP ENTERPRISE

600

THIS METHOD OF COOKING MEAT INVOLVES SEARING IT FIRST AND THEN SLOW-COOKING IT IN A LIQUID, AND IS PARTICULARLY COMMON FOR COOKING TOUGHER CUTS OF BEEF LIKE BRISKET

BRAISING

800

FANS OF HORROR WILL NO DOUBT RECALL THIS WORD REFERRING TO SUBJECT MATTER WHICH DEALS WITH THE DEATHLY AND GROTESQUE

MACABRE

800

BIOCHEMISTS WILL KNOW THIS VERY COMMON SUFFIX, DENOTING WHEN A CHEMICAL IS CONSIDERED AN ENZYME

ASE

800

THIS DRIED FLOWER BUD IS COMMONLY USED IN BOTH SWEET AND SAVORY DISHES AND IS A KEY COMPONENT IN PUMPKIN SPICE BLENDS

CLOVE

800

THIS HANDHELD DEVICE USED BY THE MEN IN BLACK EMITS A FLASH OF LIGHT IN ORDER TO INDUCE AMNESIA

NEURALYZER

800

THIS POPULAR STYLE OF CURED SAUSAGE BECAME POPULAR IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE BECAUSE IT CAN BE STORED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR UP TO 45 DAYS

SALAMI

1000

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES WHICH ARE CONSIDERED SHOCKING AND REVEAL PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ASPECTS OF THE NATURAL WORLD HAVE THIS IN COMMON WITH GRAVEDIGGERS 

GROUNDBREAKING

1000

PIOUS, JOYOUS, AND SCRUMPTIOUS ALL SHARE THE SAME LATIN SUFFIX MEANING THIS

TO BE FULL OF

1000

IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE, THIS SPICE, DERIVED FROM THE BARK OF A TREE, WAS USED TO PRESERVE MEATS AND IN SWEET DESSERTS

CINNAMON

1000

THIS DEVICE ENABLES THE DELOREAN TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME, REQUIRING 1.21 GIGAWATTS OF POWER TO ACTIVATE

THE FLUX CAPACITATOR

1000

THIS CHEESE, MADE IN THE NETHERLANDS, IS KNOWN FOR ITS CARAMEL LIKE TASTE, SMOOTH TEXTURE AND DISTINCTIVE ORANGE WAX COATING

GOUDA

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