1. convert into cash Your answer: riffle riffle means "a small wave on the surface of a liquid" The correct answer was redeem 2. a shade of green tinged with yellow Your answer: acathexia acathexia means "an inability to retain bodily secretions" The correct answer was chartreuse 3. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation Your answer: sobriety sobriety means "moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs" The correct answer was contriteness 4. an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred Your answer: commencement ceremony 5. a particular spatial arrangement Your answer: scrawniness scrawniness means "the bodily property of lacking flesh" The correct answer was formation 6. the time of life between 70 and 80 Your answer: mid-seventies 7. suffer a nervous breakdown Your answer: crock up 8. the study and creation of visual works of art Your answer: beaux arts 9. add oxygen to or combine with oxygen Your answer: oxidate 10. a detective who follows a trail Your answer: besieger besieger means "an energetic petitioner" The correct answer was sleuthhound 11. rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted Your answer: reticulate reticulate means "divide so as to form a network" The correct answer was felly 12. pain in the cornea Your answer: keratalgia 13. the quality of not being usable Your answer: impracticableness 14. the quality of innocent naivete Your answer: bathos bathos means "a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one" The correct answer was artlessness 15. playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower Your answer: carillon

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