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31. To increase the severity of; aggravate; irritate (v)

From Quiz 'Ex-' Marks The Spot

Answer: Exacerbate

comes from Latin 'acerbus'-harsh

From Quiz Tom Hanks Teaches Vocabulary

Answer: stupid

Back in the Middle Ages, anyone thought to be lacking in intelligence as a child was given the name Thome Fole. But over time, it was shortened to Tom Fool. And then it just came to mean someone stupid.

From Quiz She's Fine

Answer: sherry

Sherry gets its name from the Andalusian city of Jerez de la Frontera. Under Spanish law, it has the protected denomination of origin status, meaning that the grapes have to come from the Sherry Triangle (an area between Jerez de la Frontera) for the drink to count as authentic sherry. Some varieties of sherry are light or 'fino', while others such as Amontillado are dark, and dessert sherries also exist. Brits like to use it as a trifle flavouring.

From Quiz Look Up in the "Sky"

Answer: skyrocket

A skyrocket is a firework that explodes into the sky, going off in a spectacular and colorful display. It is also defined as a time when the quantities or rates suddenly go way up fast; this applies to anything that goes way up rapidly and drastically. Food shortages would cause prices to skyrocket. Going outside of the above mentioned definitions, a skyrocket is a plant called scarlet gilia that is native to western North America and blooms red, trumpet-shaped flowers.

From Quiz Get Some "Sun" First

Answer: sunbathe

A lot of people on the beach relax on the lounge chairs to sunbathe for a while while wearing sunglasses. Sunbathing is for tanning themselves by simply relaxing while being fully exposed to the sun, but sunbathing too long would lead to sunburn.

From Quiz Hypothesise This!

Answer: An economist

Hypothecation is allocation of revenue raised by a tax for a specific purpose. For example, road taxes used to fund transport infrastructure. It also means to pledge something of value to a creditor as security, without actually delivering it. This is frequently done in the gold market, where ownership of gold is transferred without leaving the vault where it is stored. The word "hypothecate" is often incorrectly used instead of "hypothesise", as in for example, "The professor hypothecated that ice will float in water." The correct word in this context is "hypothesised".

From Quiz Are You Having "Fun"?

Answer: funhouse

Funhouse is a common attraction in amusement parks where people walk into it for a fun tour. In it are potential surprises as well as frights from features including a large spinning disk, a slide, a ball pit, and mirrors in many different angles.

From Quiz I Have an Arch

Answer: Archery

In archery, a bow and arrow is used to hit a target. Initially developed as a hunting technique, it is now a modern day sport which is also part of the Olympic Games.

From Quiz Talk a Blue Streak

Answer: Blueblood

The term blueblood is a literal translation of the Spanish term 'sangre azul'. It is used to refer to anyone of aristocratic descent.

From Quiz Look at the "Moon" First

Answer: mooneye

Mooneye is a ray-finned silver-colored fish resembling herring. In another meaning, mooneye is also an eye inflammation in horses that can lead to blindness. Moontail (more fully moontail bullseye) is a bigeye fish, common in the Indian Ocean east of Africa, Indo-Pacific, and Red Sea. Moonmouth and moonfin don't exist in nature.

From Quiz Do You Want to "Win"?

Answer: wings

Birds, insects, and bats are winged creatures, while airplanes are winged vehicles. All of these can fly because they all have wings. I dreamed of flying like an eagle or Maleficent if we have wings. Wing is also a verb meaning to fly. However, things can fly without wings, like helicopters and drones. Wings can also mean any broad extensions from the main part, like wings of a house.

From Quiz Add to ad

Answer: adapt & apt

To adapt is to adjust or make more suitable. Adjust does not fit the question, since the hint says the missing letters mean "fitting", and that does not fit with "just".

From Quiz Men Have Got a Lot to Answer For!

Answer: Mathematics

Mensuration is the act of measuring, or the branch of mathematics which studies geometric shapes, areas, volumes and related parameters. A sample question in a test could be, "A rectangle is six meters long and three meters wide. What is the area?"

From Quiz Pigout on this One

Answer: piggybank & piggy bank

During the Middle Ages there were really no financial institutions. People kept coins in a jar called a pygg after the clay that was used. In early days the 'y' was generally pronounced like a 'u'. A swine was called a 'picga', later pigge. As modern English language developed and the pronunciations changed, both words merged into one 'pig'. One theory is that the picga liked to roll in the mud. The mud was the clay that used for the clay jars. Entrepreneurial potters, seizing on the accidental pun, began to mold piggybanks. The term "break the bank" may emerged from the act of taking the coins from the jar, although modern usage applies to casinos. Here is an interesting quote from the Bible from 2 Kings 12: "Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid. He placed it beside the altar. The priests who guarded the entrance put into the chest all the money that was brought to the temple of the Lord."

From Quiz Never Assume

Answer: Assizes

Assizes were held quarterly in each community until 1971. They heard the most serious criminal cases. Often times there was a carnival attitude with markets, performers, and others taking advantage of the large crowds that gathered.

From Quiz Why Are You Horsing Around?

Answer: Horserace

A horserace can be a term used to describe a hotly contested election race where the outcome is too close to call. It also relates to an event at a racetrack where horses are raced to appease the gambling needs of punters.

From Quiz Words Starting With Up

Answer: uproar

Bad treatment of animals often cause uproars among animal activists. A courtroom may be in a uproar after the sentence is made public. Synonyms for uproar include tumult, hubbub and turmoil. The first known use of the word "uproar" occurred in 1526 ('Merriam-Webster Dictionary').

From Quiz May I Take Your Disorder?

Answer: Avoid

Discuss is simply to talk over with others. Cuss is another word entirely, a regionalism for curse. A discus is the heavy object thrown in an Olympic event. Interpret is giving one's own opinion of a word or statement, whether right or wrong.

From Quiz Polysyllabic Passion

Answer: Polychromatic

Polychromatic refers to many colors; polymyalgic describes pain; a polytechnic is an institution of higher education offering courses in vocational or technical subjects. I made up the word polyfancy.

From Quiz CATAmania

Answer: Undertaker - it is a burial platform

A catafalque is a raised platform upon which a body lies in state before burial. Recorded as being first used in English in the 1600s, the word is derived from the French. Prior to this, it appeared as catafalco in the Italian language. Origin beyond this is uncertain, however etymological comparison has been made with the word scaffold.

From Quiz Words with the prefix 'Para'

Answer: A hostelry

A parador is a government-operated hostelry in Spain. The word comes from the Spanish word 'parar', meaning to stop.

From Quiz The Eggheads Exciting Expedition

Answer: To remove offensive sections from a text

Moonraker2 said, "Following eggstreme pressure from team leader Plodd, I eventually succumbed to contribute the above eggsample of an 'EX' word for the Scrambled Eggheads team quiz".

From Quiz A Quiz In Which 'She' Appears

Answer: sheaf

A sheaf is a term used to describe the bundles of wheat, etc., after reaping. "Sheaf" also is a mathematical tool which is often abstract and technical. There is a river named Sheaf in South Yorkshire. Sheaf toss is the name of a sport with its competitive origins in Scotland. Sheeting is the name of strong materials, cloth or metal, which make sheets. Shegetz is a negative terms used by Jewish people to refer to a non-Jewish youth. Sheuch in Scots dialect refers to a trough or a ditch.

From Quiz The "Cat" Always Comes First

Answer: Catherine

After twenty-four years, Henry had his marriage from Catherine of Aragon annulled. They were married on June 11, 1509, the annulment took place in 1533, and Catherine died January 7, 1536. An alternate spelling of Catherine is also "Katherine".

From Quiz Words That Start with INTER

Answer: intercourse

When the war is over, we should try to avoid intercourse with Iraq.

From Quiz With Pen in Hand

Answer: penchant

To have a penchant for something means to have a decided taste or preference for it. Pennon is another word for a pinion (or wing). It also means a small flag or pennant. Pendency is "the quality or state of being pendent or suspended." Pennia is the plural of penni, which is an old Finnish coin.

From Quiz The Long of It

Answer: Hand

Longhand is cursive writing or having words written out in full. Hand derives from the Old English "hond".

From Quiz The Short of It

Answer: Horn

Shorthorn is a breed of cattle with short horns. Shorthorn cattle are one of the oldest breeds of cattle in the world. The earliest oral history of the forerunners of the breed, dates back to the late 1500s. Shorthorns originated in Northeastern England.

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