| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Pertaining to worldly matters, not spiritual or religious | Secular | 86%
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| Provide in a limited, insufficient, or minimal quantity | Scant | 85%
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| Angelic, divine, heavenly | Seraphic | 85%
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| Cunning or deceitful tactic, particularly in warfare or politics | Stratagem | 82%
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| Muslim mystic | Sufi | 81%
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| Sleep inducing; tending to cause drowsiness | Soporific | 79%
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| Smoothly gracious and sophisticated, often superficially | Suave | 78%
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| Characterized by romantic or sexual attraction between women | Sapphic | 76%
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| Expressing a humble and earnest plea or request; humbly entreating | Suppliant | 66%
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| Exhibiting an attitude of disdain or condescension; dismissively haughty | Sniffy | 64%
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| Genealogical descendent; the heir of an aristocratic family | Scion | 59%
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| The illicit exchange of money or good for religious favours or positions | Simony | 57%
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| Stretch of land covered with grass, such as a lawn | Sward | 48%
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| Projection from the side of a ship, such as a gun platform | Sponson | 39%
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| Cross-shaped symbol on a flag; an “X” | Saltire | 38%
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| Support, assist, or replace someone or something effectively | Stead | 38%
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