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JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #714, #715, #716, #717, #718, #719, #720, #721, and #722:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!!!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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Re: English language puzzles

#723. What does 'fillip' mean?

#724. What does 'filibuster' mean?

#725. What is a 'congregation'?

#726. What does the adjective 'edacious' mean?

#727. What does the adjective 'canonical' mean?

#728. What does 'amblyaphia' mean?

#729. What does the expression 'gift of the gab' mean?

#730. What does 'ex gratia' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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Re: English language puzzles

#731. What is a 'spike buster'?

#732. What does the idiom 'bite the dust' mean?

#733. Whom or what does 'math' refer to?

#734. What is a 'sobriquet'?

#735. What does the phrase 'get underway' mean?

#736. What does the phrase 'face the music' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #723, #725, #727, #728, #732, #734, #735, and #736:-
All the answers other than answer #728 are correct.

#737. What does the verb 'quell' mean?

#738. Who is a 'raconteur'?

#739. What does 'indigence' mean?

#740. What does the adjective 'sedulous' mean?

#741. What does the adjective 'conscientious' mean?

#742. What does 'diktat' mean?

#743. What does 'ethos' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #729, #737, #739, #740, #741, and #743:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!!!

#744. What does the adjective 'strident' mean?

#745. What does 'disquisition' mean?

#746. What does the adjective 'vapid' mean?

#747. What does the verb 'collate' mean?

#748. What does the noun 'qualm' mean?

#749. What does 'platitude' mean?

#750. What does the verb 'thaw' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #744, #746, #747, #748, #749, and #750:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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Re: English language puzzles

#751. What is the antonym of 'accost'?

#752. What does the verb 'beguile' mean?

#753. What does the adjective 'tenuous' mean?

#754. What does the verb 'bequeath' mean?

#755. What does the noun 'complicity' mean?

#756. What does the verb 'clog' mean?

#757. What does the adjective 'preposterous' mean?

#758. What does the adjective 'uncouth' mean?

#759. What does the verb 'corroborate' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #753, #754, #755, #756, #757, #758, and #759:-
All correct, JaneFairfax!!!

#760. What is 'Cerebral Palsy'?

#761. What is 'Reductio ad absurdum'?

#762. What is 'tautology'?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#763. What do 'obsequies' mean?

#764. What is 'plasmalemma'?

#765. What does the adjective 'ethereal' mean?

#766. What does the adjective 'supernal' mean?

#767. What is a 'metamere'?

#768. Who is an 'ailurophile'?

#769. What does 'modus operandi' mean?

#770. What does 'modus vivendi' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #761, #762, #765, #768, #769, and #770:-
All the answers are correct, JaneFairfax!

#771. What does the verb 'extirpate' mean?

#772. What does the verb 'exacerbate' mean?

#773. What does 'comity' mean?

#774. What does the adjective 'blithe' mean?

#775. What does 'palisade' mean?

#776. What is a 'paddock'?

#777. What does the noun 'scuttle' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #771, #772, and #774:-
Answers to #771 and #772 are correct.

Regarding #774,

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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You are right. It seems I confused “blithe” with “lithe”.

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#778. What does the noun 'sojourn' mean?

#779. What does 'honorific' mean?

#780. What does 'prerogative' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #778, #779, and #780:-
All the three answers are right, Jane!

#781. What does the verb 'stultify' mean?

#782. What does the adjective 'ignominious' mean?

#783. What does the adjective 'tepid' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

JaneFairfax

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Re: English language puzzles

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Re: English language puzzles

Answers to #781, #782, and #783:-
Answers #782, and #783 are correct, Jane!

#784. What does the verb 'stupefy' mean?

#785. What does 'ballast' mean?

#786. What does the adjective 'grim' mean?

#787. What does the idiom 'stem the tide' mean?

#788. What does the verb 'besiege' mean?

#789. What does the expression 'icing on the cake' refer to?

#790. What does the verb 'vacillate' mean?

#791. What does the adjective 'lurid' mean?

#792. What does 'double jeopardy' mean?

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.