| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| To cook food in a pot of very hot water, or, a painful abcess | Boil | 100%
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| To wind something in spirals, like wire or rope | Coil | 93%
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| Many terrestrial plants need this to grow in | Soil | 93%
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| Sheets of very thin metal, such as aluminum or tin, or, to thwart a villain's nefarious plans ("Curses!") | Foil | 85%
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| To "go bad" as with food, or, to intentionally ruin something | Spoil | 85%
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| To cook food with high heat from above | Broil | 78%
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| Essential cooking ingredient that can be made from olives, coconuts, peanuts or "canolas"(?) | Oil | 78%
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| To draw back in fear or disgust, or, the "kick" from a gun or rifle | Recoil | 70%
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| A state of confusuion or commotion | Turmoil | 63%
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| To involve someone, often in an unpleasant situtuation | Embroil | 56%
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| A young woman in Brooklyn or parts of New Jersey | Goil | 44%
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| To partially cook food in very hot water, as with rice | Parboil | 44%
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| Grass grows best in a rich layer of this | Topsoil | 37%
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| A wing on a boat, or a boat with wings in the water, as pictured above | Hydrofoil | 33%
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| Engineering term for the shape of a plane's wing | Airfoil or aerofoil | 30%
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| To "muddy the waters" or stir up sediment | Roil | 30%
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| To cook food with high heat from below, as in grilling | Charbroil | 19%
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