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Question 1

comprehensive; overall

Answer 1

overarching

Question 2

The community’s ———– needs are more jobs and better housing.

Answer 2

overarching

Question 3

, a competition

Answer 3

pageant

Question 4

a beauty———–

Answer 4

pageant

Question 5

a unnecessary and time-consuming work

Answer 5

palaver

Question 6

The artist said that applying for the grant was exciting except for the———- of filling in so many forms.

Answer 6

palaver

Question 7

a medical treatment that will not cure an illness but will reduce the pain

Answer 7

palliative

Question 8

When they knew the patient was not going to get better, the——– care team did everything they could to keep him comfortable.

Answer 8

palliative

Question 9

A large, yellow-skinned tropical fruit.

Answer 9

papaya

Question 10

We like to eat————- as a dessert.

Answer 10

papaya

Question 11

a short, simple story that teaches or explains an idea, especially a moral or religious idea

Answer 11

parable

Question 12

My father told me the————– of the boy who cried wolf.

Answer 12

parable

Question 13

A doctor who parachutes to patients in remote areas.

Answer 13

paradoctor

Question 14

When a canoeist suffered a severe injury in an isolated area, a————- came to treat him before having him airlifted to a hospital.

Answer 14

paradoctor

Question 15

A bank of earth behind a trench

Answer 15

parados

Question 16

The———– will act to protect soldiers from a surprise attack from the rear.

Answer 16

parados

Question 17

the oldest and powerful man of a family

Answer 17

patriarch

Question 18

In the movie, Williams plays the part of the family————.

Answer 18

patriarch

Question 19

syn: lack (of)

Answer 19

paucity

Question 20

There is a———– of information on the ingredients of many food product.

Answer 20

paucity

Question 21

a small stalk that supports a fruiting or flowering organ

Answer 21

pedicel

Question 22

Each small flower on the lily is attached to the main stalk by a ———-

Answer 22

pedicel