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Question 1

• the least favorable environmental condition under which an organism can survive

Answer 1

pessimum

Question 2

• a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ and consisting of a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air

Answer 2

calliope

Question 3

• relatively rapid heart action whether physiological (as after exercise) or pathological

Answer 3

tachycardia

Question 4

• a rapid whirling of the body; especially : a full turn on the toe or ball of one foot in ballet

Answer 4

pirouette

Question 5

• a system for teaching young children

Answer 5

Montessorian

Question 6

exercising very harsh control or authority

Answer 6

fascistic

Question 7

• medical : a serious disease that mainly affects the lungs

Answer 7

tuberculosis

Question 8

• a breakfast cereal of Swiss origin consisting of rolled oats, nuts, and fruit

Answer 8

muesli

Question 9

• the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
• an exclusive right of inheritance belonging to the eldest son

Answer 9

primogeniture

Question 10

• pasta in the form of little ring-shaped cases containing a filling (as of meat or cheese)

Answer 10

tortellini

Question 11

• a pointed piece of rock that hangs down from the roof of a cave and that is formed by dripping water which contains minerals

Answer 11

stalactite

Question 12

• any of an order of extinct marine reptiles with a fish-shaped body and a long snout

Answer 12

ichthyosaur

Question 13

• a utopian community in which all rule equally

Answer 13

pantisocracy

Question 14

• the zodiac for a person born between November 22 and December 21

Answer 14

Sagittarius

Question 15

• a heavy iron gate that can be raised or lowered at the entrance to a castle

Answer 15

portcullis

Question 16

• a place for the bones of the dead

Answer 16

ossuary

Question 17

• of, relating to, or affected with glaucoma

Answer 17

glaucomatous

Question 18

• a mass resembling a tumor that represents anomalous development of tissue natural to a part or organ rather than a true tumor

Answer 18

hamartia

Question 19

• a white crystalline organic base with a high melting point

Answer 19

melamine

Question 20

• like a deluge

Answer 20

deluginous

Question 21

• the loss or removal of hair

Answer 21

epilation

Question 22

• inflammation of a vein

Answer 22

phlebitis

Question 23

• an Italian dessert made with ladyfingers, mascarpone, and espresso

Answer 23

tiramisu

Question 24

• a person born or living in Byzantium or in the Byzantine Empire

Answer 24

Byzantine

Question 25

• selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views)

Answer 25

parochialism