| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Showing deep feeling or thought | Pensive | 81%
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| Preference or bias for something | Predilection | 78%
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| Beautiful appearance an object gains with age | Patina | 69%
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| Touchy, peevish | Petulant | 68%
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| Foreboding, ominous | Portentous | 67%
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| Regional dialect or form of speech | Patois | 66%
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| Quality in art or literature that evokes sadness | Pathos | 65%
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| Art that stylistically imitates previous works | Pastiche | 56%
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| Strong argument; aggressive refutation | Polemic | 55%
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| Moving from place to place; itinerant | Peripatetic | 52%
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| Calm and unemotional in demeanour | Phlegmatic | 48%
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| Lacking courage and resolution | Pusillanimous | 47%
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| Speech or writing praising its subject | Panegyric | 44%
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| Marked by causing excessive desire or lust | Prurient | 42%
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| Expressively mournful; loudly lamenting | Plangent | 29%
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