| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew greeting and farewell, meaning “peace” | Shalom | 92%
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| Isolate or ostracize for specific, often cultural or racial, criteria | Segregate | 89%
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| Elegant evening social function | Soiree | 87%
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| Simple, austere; marked by extreme frugality and self-discipline | Spartan | 78%
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| Move in a disorderly or frantic manner; scurry | Skelter | 74%
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| Frothy foam or scum, often due to agitation | Spume | 72%
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| Wrestling style that uses judo techniques | Sambo | 71%
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| The highest or ultimate good, particularly in philosophical or ethical contexts | Summum bonum | 70%
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| Negate, cancel; deny the crux of a formal or legal argument | Sublate | 64%
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| Person who seeks excessive luxury and self-indulgence in life | Sybarite | 63%
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| European wooden shoe; or, a protective wooden slip worn over another shoe | Sabot | 60%
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| Unrestrained revelry; licentious celebration | Saturnalia | 60%
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| Loose rock and sediment on a mountain slope | Scree | 56%
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| Loose, white religious vestment, often worn during church services | Surplice | 44%
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| Dialogue in which characters exchange rapid, single lines of speech, such as in an argument or dispute | Stichomythia | 40%
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| Unpleasant, shrill, creaking noise | Stridor | 37%
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