September 14, 2026

Question 1 · verb

Search for and collect discarded materials

Answer: scavenge

The men scavenge the area for animals

Original choices and explanations

decimate

To destroy a large part of something

jettison

Throw away something burdensome or unwanted

scavenge

Search for and collect discarded materials

bequeath

Leave property to someone in a will

Question 2 · verb

To treat with a healing covering

Answer: poultice

Did he poultice his foot?

Original choices and explanations

applique

Sew onto fabric as a decoration

mortise

Join wood with a tenon and socket

racketeer

To conduct illegal business activities

poultice

To treat with a healing covering

Question 3 · verb

Talk foolishly

Answer: blether

Original choices and explanations

blether

Talk foolishly

inveigh

Speak bitterly against something

indite

Write a literary work

palter

Speak ambiguously to mislead or withhold information

Question 4 · verb

put ornamental horse gear on

Answer: barde

Original choices and explanations

rabbet

Cut a rectangular groove into wood

barde

put ornamental horse gear on

sparge

To scatter liquid over something lightly

brail

To take in a sail using ropes

Question 5 · adjective

Containing a mixture of Latin and vernacular words

Answer: macaronic

macaronic verse

Original choices and explanations

casuistic

Relating to moral reasoning about particular cases

metonymic

Using one associated thing to stand for another

macaronic

Containing mixed Latin and vernacular words

illative

Expressing an inference