Q1. A highly skilled musician.

• artiste
• virtuoso
• performer
• diva

Q2. A method of boiling briefly to cook food slightly.

• steam
• bake
• saute
• parboil

Q3. The group, especially in the arts, regarded as being the most experimental.

• avant-garde
• iconoclast
• revolutionary
• nerd

Q4. One who helps people by giving them money or other aid.

• benefactor
• beneficiary
• tycoon
• patriot

Q5. A place where clothes are kept

• closet
• drawer
• wardrobe
• cupboard

Q6. A feeling of fondness, mixed with some sadness, for something in the past

• Oblivion
• Noxiousness
• Nostalgia
• Nausea

Q7. Dying without making a will

• Premature
• Intestate
• Posthumous
• Omniscient

Q8. Having infinite power

• Impotent
• Omnipresent
• Omnipotent
• Omniscient

Q9. Code of diplomatic etiquette and precedence

• Statesmanship
• Diplomacy
• Hierarchy
• Protocol

Q10. To renounce a high position of authority control

• Abduct
• Abandon
• Abort
• Abdicate