Group 608 Vocabulary - Day 08

Question 1

accuracy

Answer 1

how correct or precise something is

Question 2

elderly

Answer 2

old people

Question 3

pesticides

Answer 3

chemicals that kill insects

Question 4

herbicides

Answer 4

chemicals that kill undesirable plants

Question 5

to claim

Answer 5

to state that something is true (often without providing evidence)

Question 6

assemble

Answer 6

to put together

Question 7

vowels

Answer 7

the letters a, e, i, o, u

Question 8

umpire

Answer 8

the official who enforces the rules in a sports match

Question 9

scissors

Answer 9

an instrument with two metal blades, used for cutting things like paper and cloth

Question 10

stray animal

Answer 10

a domestic animal with no home

Question 11

liver

Answer 11

the organ that processes the products of digestion

Question 12

kidneys

Answer 12

the pair of organs that purify blood in the body

Question 13

spy

Answer 13

a person who secretly collects information for an organization or government

Question 14

shuttle

Answer 14

a spacecraft with wings that is able to land like a normal airplane

Question 15

inmate

Answer 15

a person confined to a prison or hospital

Question 16

remains

Answer 16

a person or animal’s body after death

Question 17

deceased

Answer 17

a person who has died

Question 18

track

Answer 18

to follow the course or trail of someone or something

Question 19

spill

Answer 19

to make or let liquid flow over the edge of a container

Question 20

onslaught

Answer 20

a fierce or destructive attack

Question 21

shatter

Answer 21

to break into pieces; to seriously upset someone

Question 22

sweep the country

Answer 22

to extend all over the country

Question 23

unprecedented

Answer 23

never done or known before

Question 24

unravel

Answer 24

to undo something that is knotted or woven together; to begin to fail or collapse

Question 25

reporter

Answer 25

a journalist