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Question 1

snore

Answer 1

loud breathing that occurs during sleep

Question 2

spoke

Answer 2

part of a wheel that connects the center of the wheel to its rim

Question 3

spouse

Answer 3

mate, husband or wife in a marriage

Question 4

stable

Answer 4

building in which animals, especially horses, are kept

Question 5

stolid

Answer 5

impassive, showing no emotion

Question 6

tactics

Answer 6

specific steps taken to execute a strategy

Question 7

tenant

Answer 7

one who rents a property

Question 8

term

Answer 8

time period an elected official is in office

Question 9

thesaurus

Answer 9

type of dictionary

Question 10

thicket

Answer 10

very close growth of shrubs or bushes

Question 11

thrash

Answer 11

beat: wheat is thrashed so as to separate the grain

Question 12

tick

Answer 12

small parasite of the skin often contracted in a forest

Question 13

tiny

Answer 13

very small

Question 14

tolerant

Answer 14

accepting of others’ opinions, forbearing: opposite of bigoted or dogmatic

Question 15

trowel

Answer 15

a tool used by a bricklayer to spread mortar

Question 16

unquenchable

Answer 16

usually refers to a thirst that cannot be satisfied

Question 17

vassal

Answer 17

tenant of a lord, servant, follower, slave

Question 18

verse

Answer 18

the component lines of a poem

Question 19

village

Answer 19

small community [smaller than a town]

Question 20

virtuous

Answer 20

exhibiting high moral excellence

Question 21

wary

Answer 21

very cautious, alert, watchful

Question 22

zealot

Answer 22

a fanatic, an extreme enthusiast

Question 23

reflexive

Answer 23

person adjective: an example is found in “the boy hurt himself”, himself is the reflexive adj.

Question 24

reign

Answer 24

time period an autocrat [emperor] rules

Question 25

relativist

Answer 25

one who judges things by their comparative value: type of pragmatist

Question 26

sapling

Answer 26

young tree

Question 27

satellite

Answer 27

small planet that revolves around a larger planet

Question 28

sensualist

Answer 28

one who is fond of pleasure, a modern epicurean

Question 29

shutter

Answer 29

device that opens and closes in front of the lens of a camera

Question 30

sibling

Answer 30

a brother or a sister

Question 31

skyscraper

Answer 31

an extraordinarily tall building

Question 32

slothful

Answer 32

lazy, indolent, not industrious