| WORDS | DEFINITIONS |
| A) Dishabille | 1) A sculptured female figure used as a column |
| B) Jerboa | 2) The state of being partly clothed; partial undress |
| C) Vicissitude | 3) Deceptive reasoning, subtle and misleading argument |
| D) Caryatid | 4) Any of various mouse-like creatures found in North Africa or Asia, with hind legs used for jumping |
| E) Voluble | 5) False, counterfeit, artificial; not true, authentic or genuine |
| F) Foible | 6) Talkative; characterized by a continuous and robust flow of words |
| G) Spurious | 7) A change, variation |
| H) Frangible | 8) A weak point, slight fault or flaw, particularly in one’s character |
| I) Protean | 9) Readily assuming different forms and characters; extremely variable |
| J) Sophistry | 10) Breakable, fragile, frail, delicate, easily damaged or destroyed |
ANSWERS
A-2, B-4, C-7, D-1, E-6, F-8, G-5, H-10, I-9, J-3
YOUR SCORE
0-2: Wow…well, keep working on it.
3-5: Not bad. Not great either. So, that’s good. Right? (Incidentally, you never finish a crossword puzzle).
6-8: Better than average. Much better actually. You probably talk a lot at parties and write for a living.
9-10: You are either an editor or an SOU professor. Or maybe, you are just a talented linguist? Either way, CONGRATULATIONS!
MORE NEXT MONTH! THANKS EVERYONE!!
