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#47. What does the word 'plagiarism' mean?

#48. What does the adjective diabolic mean?

#49. What is 'horography'?

#50. What does the word cataclysm mean?

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Answers to #46, #47, and #48:
All correct, JaneFairfax! Wonderful!!!

#51. What does de jure (Latin) mean?

#52. What does Magnum opus (Latin) mean?

#53. From which language did English get the word bourgeoisie? What does it mean?

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Answers to #51, #52, and #53:
All correct! Well done, JaneFairfax!

#54. Give a pair of words that are both homophones (homonyms) and anagrams.

#55. Can you make a list of 100 words in English language that do not contain the letters a, b, c, or d?

#56. What does mutatis mutandis (Latin) mean?

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#57. What does the word semaphore mean?

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Answers to #54, and #55:
Well done, JaneFairfax! Both correct!

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#58. What is origin of the word 'charisma'?

#59. What does the word 'chutzpah' mean?

#60. What is the feminine gander of fox?

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Answer to #60:

Correct, JaneFairfax! Well done!

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#61. What does the word 'bundestag' (German) mean?

#62. What does the word 'Gestapo' (German) mean?

#63. What does the word 'ziggurat' (Assyrian) mean?

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#62. What does the word 'Gestapo' (German) mean?

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#64. What does the word lycophobia mean?

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#65. What is special about the two words dermatoglyphics and uncopyrightable?

(This is something I learned on “QI” last night. )

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JohnnyReinB:

#64 – Close, but no cigar! Very good try though.

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