Statistics for -X Vocabulary Words

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hint	word	% Correct
the most exciting point of an event	climax	80%
whirling mass of water or air	vortex	72%
French wine-growing district	Bordeaux	70%
letters added to the start of a word to adjust its meaning	prefix	68%
milky tree fluid from which rubber is derived	latex	62%
person or thing that brings bad luck	jinx	56%
troops in tight formation	phalanx	53%
fasten or attach	affix	51%
many cinemas on the same site	multiplex	49%
lightest member of a rowing crew	cox	48%
automatic response	reflex	42%
transmitter of images	fax	39%
multi-layered semi-precious stone	onyx	38%
disfiguring disease	smallpox	32%
malicious deception	hoax	29%
predating the fax, a word transmitter	telex	28%
ten to the power of a googol: the largest named number?	googolplex	25%
white compound used in detergents, cosmetics, and enamel glazes	borax	24%
bewilder, confuse (1)	flummox	24%
bewilder, confuse (2)	perplex	16%