Foot of Human

Question 1

elude

Answer 1

1. verb [no passive]
   If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it.
   Sleep eluded her. [VERB noun]
   At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long. [VERB noun]
2. verb
   If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them.
   He eluded the police for 13 years. [VERB noun]
3. verb [no passive]
   If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it.

Question 2

elude

Answer 2

Despite comprising such a large percentage of the body, they have largely eluded us in the fossil record until recently.

Question 3

captivate

Syn.charm, attract, fascinate, absorb

Answer 3

If you are captivated by someone or something, you find them fascinating and attractive.
I was captivated by her brilliant mind. [be VERB-ed + by]
For 40 years she has captivated the world with her radiant looks. [VERB noun]

Question 4

pivotal

Syn. charm, attract, fascinate, absorb

Answer 4

A pivotal role, point or figure in something is one that is very important and affects the success of that thing. The Court of Appeal has a pivotal role in the English legal system.
The elections may prove to be pivotal in the country’s political history.

Question 5

locomotion

Syn.: movement, travel, travelling, moving

Answer 5

Locomotion is the ability to move and the act of moving from one place to another.
[formal]
Flight is the form of locomotion that puts the greatest demands on muscles.
He specialises in the mechanics of locomotion.

Question 6

mosaic

Answer 6

adj.

7. pertaining to, resembling, or used for making a mosaic or mosaic work: a mosaic tile.
8. composed of a combination of diverse elements

Question 7

anatomical

Answer 7

relating to the structure of the bodies of people and animals.

Question 8

quadrumanous

C18: from New Latin quadrumanus, from quadri- + Latin manus hand

Answer 8

(of monkeys and apes) having all four feet specialized for use as hands

Question 9

appendage

Answer 9

An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
[formal]
The Great British Music Weekend was designed as an appendage to that year’s Brit Awards. [+ to/of]

Question 10

invert

Synonyms: overturn, upturn, turn upside down, upset

Answer 10

erting , past tense, past participle inverted
1. verb
If you invert something, you turn it the other way up or back to front.
[formal]
Invert the cake onto a cooling rack. [VERB noun]
…a black inverted triangle. [VERB-ed]
2. verb
If you invert something, you change it to its opposite.
[formal]
They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty. [VERB noun]
…a telling illustration of inverted moral values. [VERB-ed]

Question 11

possess

Answer 11

In 1863 Thomas H. Huxley would make comparisons to gorilla feet and call out that while they were also inverted and possessed grasping tendencies, they also shared muscular similarities with the human foot.

Question 12

anatomy

Answer 12

1. uncountable noun

Anatomy is the study of the structure of the bodies of people or animals.

Question 13

Homo habilis

Answer 13

an extinct species of primitive man, the first to use stone tools

Question 14

arboreal

Answer 14

adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Arboreal animals live in trees.
[technical]
...arboreal marsupials which resemble monkeys.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Arboreal means relating to trees.
[formal]
...the arboreal splendor of the valley.

Question 15

terrestrial

Answer 15

adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A terrestrial animal or plant lives on land or on the ground rather than in the sea, in trees, or in the air.
[technical]
Terrestrial and aquatic fauna may sometimes be found resting together under a loose stone.

Question 16

morphology

Answer 16

noun
1.
the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms
2.
the form and structure of words in a language, esp the consistent patterns of inflection, combination, derivation and change, etc, that may be observed and classified

Question 17

prosthetics

Answer 17

adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

Prosthetic parts of the body are artificial ones used to replace natural ones.