Lesson 7

Question 1

Archipelago

Answer 1

1. A large group of islands
2. A body of water containing a large number of islands

Question 2

Careen

Answer 2

1. To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion
2. 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

1. The history of a word
2. The science that studies such histories

Question 7

Fenetic

Answer 7

Wildly excited; frantic

Question 8

Kinetic

Answer 8

Relating to motion

Question 9

Presage

Answer 9

To fortell; to warn or indicate in advance

Question 10

Pulverize

Answer 10

1. To crush or grind into dust or powder
2. To demolish

Question 11

Recondite

Answer 11

Difficult to understand; abstruse

Question 12

Repulse

Answer 12

1. To repel; to drive back
2. To reject in a cool or distant manner
3. To disgust

Question 13

Seismic

Answer 13

Caused by or having to do with earthquakes

Question 14

Undulate

Answer 14

1. To form or move in waves
2. To have a wavelike appearance or motion

Question 15

Upheaval

Answer 15

1. A radical or violent change
2. A forceful lifting or warping from beneath