Influence by slyness

The correct answer was juggle

I looked up the meaning for this
and nowhere did the word juggle appear
as a definition.
Most puzzling

Look up juggle - you will find references to manipulate in order to deceive, use trickery, practice deceptions,trickery for a dishonest end, and, under the Thesaurus section:

Verb 1. juggle - influence by slyness
beguile, hoodwink
cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/juggle

Who knew?
I certainly didn't.
It's all about the learning.
Thanks!

This one had me scratching my head!

12. Benign rumor of striated muscle
Your answer: waste of energy

waste of energy means "a useless effort"

The correct answer was rhabdomyoma

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'Rumor' should be 'tumor', or even better, 'tumour'.

I think there's something missing in this definition:

10. To protect clothing

Your answer: table napkin

I think the given answer in this case is plainly incorrect.

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11. Fasten with a rope

Your answer: hitch

hitch means "any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome"

The correct answer was leash

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Whereas I can see where "leash" can have the connotation of "fasten", "hitch" is a much more fitting answer for "fasten with a rope".

From the Cambridge Online Dictionary definition of hitch (v.):

"to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook"

I think the problem arises because the database seems to link the definition of "hitch" to the noun usage only, and not the verb.

Don't like it....

15. Adherence
Your answer: acting according to certain accepted standards

acting according to certain accepted standards is the definition for "conformity"

The correct answer was faithful support for a religion or cause or political party

From the game I just played:

8. Supporting_players
Your answer: a cast other than the principles

Er, shouldn't that be "principals" ?

I think this definition is lacking something:

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Used especially by artists

Your answer: acrylic paint

One more which seems to be incomplete:

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Heaviness

Your answer: used of a line or mark

Someone who helps another person commit a crime

I think the spelling of "accessary" should be corrected!

I don't believe this definition is accurate.

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12. Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

Your answer: frostiness

frostiness means "a silvery-white color"

The correct answer was irritation

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From the Cambridge Online Dictionary: "If someone or their behaviour is frosty, they are unfriendly and not welcoming."

I suppose I can see where "irritation" is a possible answer, but I think "frostiness" is leaps and bounds a better answer.

I've heard of and talked about frosty attitudes or behaviours before.

That's why I think "frostiness" would have been a better answer than "irritation" -- fitting "irritation" into the given definition seems a little awkward, given the more familiar usage of "frostiness".

6. Mild mental retardation
Your answer: moronity


I can't say the above definition & answer impress me much, and besides, it's incorrect, according to my sources.
Mild retardation used to equate to an IQ of 70 - 80, while "moronity" equalled an IQ of 50 - 69. 20 - 49 rated you as an imbecile, while less than 20, you were officially classified as an idiot !

I will freely admit I am completely stumped. Can anyone enlighten me? Please?

11. The square of a body of any size of type
Your answer: fault (couldn't find any I liked... :0(

fault means "put or pin the blame on"

The correct answer was mutton (???)

I googled 'mutton' and got the same answer. I have no idea what the context is, but I am guessing it is to do with typeset printing.

Silly me thought it was meat from a sheep.

In printers' slang, mutton is lengthened from em, to help distinguish it from en, another printing measure. An em is defined as:

(Also called mut, mutton. Printing.)

a. the square of any size of type used as the unit of measurement for matter printed in that type size.

b. (originally) the portion of a line of type occupied by the letter M in type of the same size.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mutton

Thanks, Looney! You best believe I'll never forget that one! :0)

Word Wizard - 24 June

Q: Be lazy or idle
A: [censored] about

I don't think the answer is a correct definition and also the use of '[censored]' on this family is inappropriate so I would like to see the question removed.

The new Word Wizard is so much better the the old one with so many obsure words. It's Grrrrreat!

Quote:

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9. Khnate
Your answer: the realm of a khan

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Should be 'khanate'.

Quote:

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10. A roughly cylindrical that is vessel open at the top
Your answer: bucket

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The words are a bit muddled up.

2. A bill for an amount due

Your answer: check

check means "obstructing an opponent in ice hockey"

The correct answer was reckoning

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Not sure how it is in other parts of the US/World, but around here when you dine out at a sit down restaurant you ask for the "check" when it's time to pay...

hard to say, since you didn't specify the OTHER one you got wrong by the game's "reckoning". Here in Canada, you don't ask for the check at a restaurant, it's either the "cheque" or the "bill", usually the latter : )

But if you think about it, a request for payment due is, indeed, a reckoning (i.e. problem solving/tally regarding numbers/quantities)

I can sympathise however because, being Canadian myself, "check" could certainly relate to hockey, since supposedly we come out of the womb knowing the rules LOL

I'm not saying reckoning is wrong, I'm saying that "check" would mean the same thing, which would mean there were two correct answers.

I'm sure the reasoning behind it is that reckoning is "more correct". I hated "more correct" exams in college, and hate them even more on a trivia site. :P

I guess it makes a difference out of which dictionary the word was taken from. In Australia (which uses mostly UK English) we ask for the bill at a restaurant. We may use a 'cheque' to pay for a bill but 'check' in relation to a bill or money owed has no correlation what-so-ever so it makes perfect sense to me that it was incorrect.

I noticed a grammatical error in a Word Wizard game.

"a saying that widely accepted on its own merits"

The answer is axiom

There should be an "is" between "that" and "widely".

This is just a shame; I guessed wrong:

5. voidance
~share the feelings of
~the property of an attractively thin person
~a prominent supporter
~eliminate (substances) from the body
~the act of removing the contents of something
~reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese i love')

Not fair, I cry!

voidANCE is the act of removing the contents of ANYthing, whereas voidING is getting rid of bodily waste material. Close? Yes, but still different enough to select one over the other.

Again, too much hair-splitting going on, and too close to be included together:

12. serious trouble
~deep water
~prodigality
~passe-partout
~peril
~fragrance
~challenge

In fact, I chose the "correct" answer initially, then changed it to the "incorrect" answer because the one I had chosen could mean several things, but my second choice has only one meaning. Screwed by my own logic. *sigh*