| String | Definition | Answer | % Correct |
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| key | Any of a family of sports in which sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. | hockey | 100%
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| key | A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse. | donkey | 95%
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| lac | (sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time. | lacrosse | 90%
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| mad | A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish fleet that threatened England in 1588. | armada | 86%
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| mad | Produced in one’s dwelling place; not store-bought. | homemade | 86%
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| mad | Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially in South America. | armadillo | 81%
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| mad | (anthropology) A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home. | nomad | 81%
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| pad | To propel something through water with an oar, hands, etc. | paddle | 81%
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| key | A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild variety (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated). | turkey | 81%
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| nag | A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. | anagram | 76%
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| oat | Someone unfairly blamed or punished for some failure. | scapegoat | 76%
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| lac | A cord or ribbon passed through eyelets in a shoe, pulled tight and tied to fasten the shoe firmly. | shoelace | 76%
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| nag | A place of worship for Jews or Samaritans. | synagogue | 76%
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| key | A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering. | keynote | 71%
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| key | (Ireland, US, England) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley). | whiskey | 71%
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| oat | 1. A murderer who slits the throats of victims.2. An unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person. | cutthroat | 67%
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| lac | (geology) A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill. | glacier | 67%
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| nag | A collection of live wild animals as an exhibition historically associated with the aristocracy and considered a precursor of modern zoos. | menagerie | 67%
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| oat | Porridge. | oatmeal | 67%
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| pad | A detachable object that can be used to secure something by means of a sliding or hinged shackle. | padlock | 67%
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| lac | 1. A footman, a liveried male servant.2. A fawning, servile follower. | lackey | 62%
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| pad | A surface used to enhance the movement of a computer mouse. | mousepad | 62%
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| nag | A residential institution for the care and protection of minors with unfit or deceased parents. | orphanage | 62%
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| lac | (medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. | placebo | 62%
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| lac | A glossy, resinous material used as a surface coating; either a natural exudation of certain trees, or a solution of nitrocellulose in alcohol, etc. | lacquer | 57%
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| nag | To direct or be in charge of. | manage | 57%
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| pad | A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. | spade | 57%
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| oat | A traitor; one who defects from a previous affiliation or allegiance. | turncoat | 57%
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| nag | Death and destruction; or, the corpses, gore, etc. that remain after a massacre. | carnage | 52%
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| mad | 1. (music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.2. (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy. | madrigal | 33%
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| pad | A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention. | escapade | 29%
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| oat | (figurative) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to. | sugarcoat | 29%
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| pad | 1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s. | pompadour | 24%
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| oat | Highly offensive; abominable, sickening. | loathsome | 19%
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| mad | A brightly colored, lightweight handwoven cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern which, if authentic, comes from Chennai, India. | madras | 19%
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| key | (US, slang) A beverage, usually alcoholic, that has been drugged. | mickey | 19%
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