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WOTD quiz 1-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (adverb): by the very fact or action | Ipso facto |
| (noun): an indispensable condition; prerequisite | Sine qua non |
| (noun): an isolated hill rising abruptly from the surrounding area, having steep sides and a flat top | Butte |
| (noun): the pod of a plant, as that of flax or cotton | Boll |
| (noun): the 14th century, especially with reference to Italian art, literature, etc. | Trecento |
| (noun): a poem of thirteen lines with two rhymes and the opening words used as a refrain in two places | Rondeau |
| (noun): fear of the number 13 | Triskaidekaphobia |
| (noun): 1. A period of thirteen years 2. Thirteenth anniversary | Tridecennary |
| (adj): 1. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful 2. Given over to dissipation; dissolute | Profligate |
| (adj): minutely rough and hairy | Hirsutulous |
| (adj): having or producing hair | Piliferous |
| (noun): the growing of a beard | Pogonotrophy |
| (noun): a bald-headed person | Pilgarlic |
| (adj): of all kinds or sorts | Omnifarious |
| (noun): 1. A liquid medication rubbed on the skin 2. The act of applying a lotion to the bruised part of the body | Embrocation |
| (adj): 1. Attached directly to the base, without a stalk (as in a leaf or a flower) 2. Permanently attached; immobile (as in an animal; for ex. A barnacle) | Sessile |
| (adj): turning sour; slightly sour | Acescent |
| (noun): a sheriff’s officer who made arrests for failure to pay a debt | Catchpole |
| (adj): of or relating to marshes | Paludal |
| (noun): an alarm bell or warning signal | Tocsin |