| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Maladies | a disease or ailment | 53%
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| Cinephile | cinema lover | 53%
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| Alchemy | medieval precursor to chemistry | 53%
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| Starlet | young woman with hopes of being an actress | 47%
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| Timeshare | arrangement whereby several people own a holiday home | 44%
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| Soliloquy | a monologue | 43%
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| Valiant | possessing bravery | 36%
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| Rivulets | small streams of a liquid | 34%
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| Trysts | private romantic rendezvous | 32%
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| Gallows | structure for hanging criminals | 32%
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| Sanctimoniously | acting morally superior | 31%
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| Tendrils | slender threadlike appendages | 30%
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| Hereby | as a result of documentation | 29%
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| Billows | a large gaseous mass, usually clouds | 28%
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| White-knuckle | fighting an anxiety provoking situation | 26%
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| Dutiful | obedient | 26%
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| Esoteric | to be understood only by a small number of people, pretencious | 25%
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| Also-ran | unsuccessful person or thing | 25%
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| Interloper | a person that becomes involved in a situation where they are unwelcome | 23%
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| Beguiling | charming or enchanting | 23%
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| Cad | a man that behaves dishonorably | 22%
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| Proprietary | relating to an owner or ownership | 22%
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| Persona non grata | unwelcome person | 22%
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| Precocious | developed at an early age | 21%
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| Litany | repetitive series | 20%
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| Petulance | childish | 18%
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| Torrid | full of difficultly | 14%
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| Anoit | to smoother in liquid | 14%
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| Revelry | lively | 13%
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| Curtail | to deprive | 11%
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| Hothouse | to educate a child at a higher level than is expected | 7%
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| Low-down | mean and unfair | 5%
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