201-250

Question 1

• a reduction in numbers usually as a result of resignation, retirement, or death

Answer 1

attrition

Question 2

• made by combining different substances
• not natural

Answer 2

synthetically

Question 3

• morally good behavior or character
• a good and moral quality

Answer 3

virtue

Question 4

• acting like a mosquito

Answer 4

mosquitoey

Question 5

• a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson

Answer 5

parable

Question 6

• any of an order of reptiles that includes the crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and related extinct forms

Answer 6

crocodilian

Question 7

• a colorless gas or liquid that has a strong smell and taste and that is used especially in cleaning products

Answer 7

ammonia

Question 8

• a journey to a special or unusual place

Answer 8

pilgrimage

Question 9

• the ability to make friendly again <reconcile></reconcile>
• ability to settle by agreement, adjust <reconcile></reconcile>

Answer 9

reconcilable

Question 10

• a period of time when something (such as an activity or program) is stopped

Answer 10

hiatus

Question 11

• a small knife with a thin, sharp blade that is used in surgery

Answer 11

scalpel

Question 12

• a deep-seated rock

Answer 12

plutonite

Question 13

• a specialist doctor who study and treat cancer and tumors

Answer 13

oncologist

Question 14

• the act of deciding that a person is not guilty of a crime

Answer 14

acquittal

Question 15

• not forming a necessary part
• irrelevant

Answer 15

extraneous

Question 16

• to make (someone) very afraid
• to slowly change (something, such as wood) into stone or a substance like stone over a very long period of time

Answer 16

petrify

Question 17

• a puppet that is moved by pulling strings or wires that are attached to its body

Answer 17

marionette

Question 18

• an ageless and often deformed dwarf of folklore who lives in the earth and usually guards treasure

Answer 18

gnome

Question 19

• an ancient weapon used for throwing large rocks

Answer 19

catapult

Question 20

• whatever remains after a part is taken, set apart, or lost or after the completion of a process

Answer 20

residue

Question 21

• a feeling that something is going to happen

Answer 21

premonition

Question 22

• having or showing good judgment

Answer 22

judicious

Question 23

• a long list of complaints, problems, etc.

Answer 23

litany

Question 24

• something that causes pollution

Answer 24

pollutant

Question 25

• a medicine that helps stop thick fluid from building up in your nose, throat, or chest when you have a cold or similar illness

Answer 25

decongestant

Question 26

• a difficult test or challenge
• a place or situation that forces people to change or make difficult decisions

Answer 26

crucible

Question 27

• a type of leather

Answer 27

nubuck

Question 28

• something (such as food) that keeps someone or something alive

Answer 28

sustenance

Question 29

• the quality or state of being opaque

Answer 29

opacity

Question 30

• a fear of being in open or public places

Answer 30

agoraphobia

Question 31

• something (such as an image, a sound, or a smell) that seems real but does not really exist and that is usually caused by mental illness or the effect of a drug

Answer 31

hallucination

Question 32

• difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with

Answer 32

onerous

Question 33

• a device that measures and records the movement of the earth during an earthquake

Answer 33

seismograph

Question 34

• the last small part that remains of something that existed before

Answer 34

vestige

Question 35

• the purest form of something
• the most perfect type or example

Answer 35

quintessence

Question 36

• free from fault or error

Answer 36

impeccable

Question 37

• to become liquid

Answer 37

liquesce

Question 38

• a table game resembling soccer in which the ball is moved by turning rods to which small figures of players are attached

Answer 38

foosball

Question 39

• to measure (something) in an exact and precise way

Answer 39

calibrate

Question 40

• medical : painful swelling of the tissues inside the sinuses

Answer 40

sinusitis

Question 41

• daringly original or creative

Answer 41

Promethean

Question 42

• one (as a priest) that officiates at a religious rite

Answer 42

officiant

Question 43

• impossible to recover or get back

Answer 43

irretrievably

Question 44

• the part of a stage that is in front of the curtain

Answer 44

proscenium

Question 45

• of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism (medical : a disease that causes stiffness and pain in the muscles and swelling and pain in the joints)

Answer 45

rheumatic

Question 46

• medical : a disease in which the skin becomes red, swollen, and sore

Answer 46

dermatitis

Question 47

• a substance used in refrigeration

Answer 47

refrigerant

Question 48

• a remedy for all ills or difficulties, cure-all

Answer 48

panacea

Question 49

• of or relating to the Christian church or clergy

Answer 49

ecclesiastical

Question 50

• extremely cold

Answer 50

gelid