Lesson 7

Question 1

Archipelago

Answer 1

A large group of islands
A body of water containing a large number of island

Question 2

Careen

Answer 2

To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion
To cause to lean or tip to one side (as a ship)

Question 3

Cavalier

Answer 3

Showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant

Question 4

Contiguous

Answer 4

Sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent

Question 5

Correlate

Answer 5

To connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another

Question 6

Etymology

Answer 6

The history of a word
The science that studies such histories

Question 7

Frenetic

Answer 7

Wildly excited; frantic

Question 8

Kinetic

Answer 8

Relating to motion

Question 9

Presage

Answer 9

To foretell; to warn or indicate in advance

Question 10

Pulverize

Answer 10

To crush or grind into dust or powder
To demolish

Question 11

Recondite

Answer 11

Difficult to understand; abstruse

Question 12

Repulse

Answer 12

To repel; to drive back
To reject in a cool or distant manner
To disgust

Question 13

Seismic

Answer 13

Caused by or having to do with earthquakes
Having powerful and widespread effects

Question 14

Undulate

Answer 14

To form or move in waves
To have a wavelike appearance or motion

Question 15

Upheaval

Answer 15

A radical or violent change
A forceful lifting or warping from beneath