Double Meanings
Languages in their own Language
Terms of Endangerment
The Band's 10th Top 40 Hit
Isn't It An "-Ism"
Geographically In Between
100
As a noun, this 5-letter word can be slang for the throat; as a verb, it means to break out of an egg
hatch
100
Dansk, taught in school on the Faroe Islands
Danish
100
It precedes "to society" but is found shortly after "Dennis"
menace
100
1978:
"Take A Chance On Me"
ABBA
100
If you said someone "went into the fertilizing business" instead of saying he died, you used this noun
a euphemism
100
China & South Korea
North Korea
200
Swift, or the largest organized unit of naval ships
fleet
200
Magyar, at the crossroads of Europe
Hungarian
200
The Latin medical maxim primum non nocere is usually translated as "above all, do no" this 4-letter word
harm
200
1981:
"Waiting For A Girl Like You"
Foreigner
200
If my daughter ever hosts the show, it won't be because of this, from the Latin for "nephew"; the girl is a natural!
nepotism
200
Spain & Italy
France
300
Shenanigans, or the buds seen here
capers
300
Eesti, with dialects including southern & northern or Tallinn
Estonian
300
This 4-letter word is insurance-speak for the chance of loss (perhaps in a certain board game)
risk
300
1989:
"Love In An Elevator"
Aerosmith
300
A term originating from Greek myth, it's an inordinate fascination with oneself
narcissism
300
Estonia & Lithuania
Latvia
400
This word can mean "to play in as if in water" or "to work at in a superficial manner"
dabble
400
Cestina, a west Slavic national language
Czech
400
A foreseeable but unavoidable danger; it also describes a sand trap
a hazard
400
1971:
"How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
The Bee Gees
400
Holland Cotter won a 2009 Pulitzer in this category "for his wide ranging reviews of art"
criticism
400
Afghanistan & India
Pakistan
500
Everyone knows the word "ballerina," but may not know her male counterpart is sometimes called this, meaning a rider, or someone who gallantly escorts a lady
a cavalier
500
Ivrit--the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption teaches it
Hebrew
500
Right now, you really can't avoid this word, from the Old French for "divided game"; it's all around you!
jeopardy
500
1986:
"Land Of Confusion"
Genesis
500
A thing that belongs to an earlier time; we'll give you an "A" for effort if you get it
an anachronism
500
Colombia & Costa Rica
Panama