Lessons 3-4

Question 1

ancestor

Answer 1

n. person from whom one is descended; early kind of animal from which later ones have developed; forerunner

Question 2

carnivore

Answer 2

n. flesh-eating animal

(carnivorous) adj. flesh-eating

Question 3

comprehend

Answer 3

v. understand

(comprehension) act of understanding; ability to understand

Question 4

duration

Answer 4

n. time during which something lasts or continues

Question 5

evident

Answer 5

adj. easy to see and understand; obvious, clear

Question 6

extinct

Answer 6

adj. no longer existing or living; no longer active

Question 7

ferocious

Answer 7

adj. savage; fierce

(ferocity) n. state or quality of being fierce

Question 8

gigantic

Answer 8

adj. very large; like a giant in size

Question 9

obscure

Answer 9

v. cover up or keep from being seen

adj. hard to see; hidden; not easy to understand

Question 10

option

Answer 10

n. choice, or something that is available as a choice

(optional) adj. left to choice

Question 11

premature

Answer 11

adj. too early; happening or arriving before the proper time

Question 12

preserve

Answer 12

v. save; keep from harm; protect; keep from rotting or spoiling

Question 13

prey

Answer 13

n. animal that is hunted for food; one that is helpless or unable to resist attack; victim
v. hunt (animals) for food; take from or rob using violence or trickery

Question 14

puny

Answer 14

adj. weak; lacking in size, strength, or power

Question 15

survive

Answer 15

v. stay alive where there is a chance of dying or being killed; continue living or existing through a threatening situation
(survivor) n. one who stays alive while others die

Question 16

accurate

Answer 16

adj. able to give a correct reading or measurement; without mistakes or errors in facts
(accuracy) n. correctness, exactness

Question 17

approximate

Answer 17

adj. not exact, but close enough to be reasonably correct

Question 18

course

Answer 18

n. path over which something moves; way of acting or behaving; subject or set of subjects to be studied

Question 19

depart

Answer 19

v. leave; go away from a place

(departure) n. act of leaving

Question 20

despair

Answer 20

v. lose hope

n. total lack of hope

Question 21

destination

Answer 21

n. place to which something or someone is going

Question 22

deteriorate

Answer 22

v. make or become worse

Question 23

gale

Answer 23

n. very strong wind; loud outburst

Question 24

horizon

Answer 24

n. apparent line in the distance where the sky meets the sea or land
(horizontal) adj. going straight across from side to side

Question 25

jubilation

Answer 25

n. feeling or expression of great joy

(jubilant) adj. very happy

Question 26

navigate

Answer 26

v. calculate or direct the movement of a ship or aircraft

(navigation) n. science or practice of navigating

Question 27

nostalgia

Answer 27

n. longing for a certain time in the past

(nostalgic) adj. having feelings of nostalgia

Question 28

revive

Answer 28

v. make or become strong again; bring back into use or fashion

Question 29

sever

Answer 29

v. break off; cut in two

Question 30

voyage

Answer 30

n. long journey by sea or in space

v. make a journey by sea or in space