September 26, 2026

Question 1 · verb

To perform a work for the first time

Answer: premiere

They will premiere the duet

Original choices and explanations

foot

To add up a column of numbers

corner

To force a person or animal into a position with no escape

bottom

To come to understand something

premiere

To perform a work for the first time

Question 2 · verb

To take something as already existing and given

Answer: premise

Original choices and explanations

diminish

To decrease in size, extent, or range

clutch

To take something deliberately into one's hands

keel

To walk as though unable to control one's movements

premise

To take something as already existing and given

Question 3 · adjective

Liable to sudden, unpredictable change

Answer: quicksilver

a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next

Original choices and explanations

androgenic

Related to a male sex hormone

acrimonious

Marked by strong resentment or cynicism

quicksilver

Liable to sudden, unpredictable change

tethered

Confined or restricted with, or as if with, a rope or chain

Question 4 · verb

To complain in a whining way

Answer: grizzle

Original choices and explanations

halloo

Urge on with shouts

grizzle

To complain in a whining way

prate

talk rapidly and endlessly about trivial matters

brattle

To make a rattling sound

Question 5 · noun

A stiff ridged cap worn by Catholic clergy

Answer: berretta

Original choices and explanations

taffrail

the railing around a ship's stern

arbalest

A medieval crossbow with a steel bow

berretta

A stiff ridged cap worn by Catholic clergy

brattice

A temporary mine partition for controlling airflow