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Question 1

an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil

Answer 1

curse

Question 2

living by preying on other animals

Answer 2

predatory

Question 3

animal hunted or caught for food

Answer 3

prey

Question 4

change into gas or steam

Answer 4

evaporate

Question 5

paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters

Answer 5

stationery

Question 6

send out real or metaphoric rays

Answer 6

radiate

Question 7

high level or degree

Answer 7

intensity

Question 8

a long rod or pole, especially the body of a weapon

Answer 8

shaft

Question 9

a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers

Answer 9

canteen

Question 10

providing no shelter or sustenance

Answer 10

barren

Question 11

move or force in an effort to get something open

Answer 11

pry

Question 12

look at with a fixed or angry gaze

Answer 12

glare

Question 13

be shiny, as if wet

Answer 13

glisten

Question 14

check and sort carefully

Answer 14

sift

Question 15

of high worth or cost

Answer 15

precious

Question 16

carve or cut a design or letters into

Answer 16

etch

Question 17

make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath

Answer 17

grumble

Question 18

penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument

Answer 18

pierce

Question 19

the piece of land on which something is located

Answer 19

site

Question 20

suffering from delusions of persecution or grandeur

Answer 20

paranoid

Question 21

with strained or eager attention

Answer 21

intently

Question 22

two items of the same kind

Answer 22

twain

Question 23

almost; nearly

Answer 23

practically

Question 24

by reasonable assumption

Answer 24

presumably

Question 25

expel from one’s property or force to move out

Answer 25

evict