NEO 53

Question 1

scrutiny

Answer 1

the careful and detailed examination of something:
example: was a vital innovation and has received a great deal of scrutiny

Question 2

necessity

Answer 2

the need for something:
example: of a species ensured its reproductive success while providing humans with some type of necessity.

Question 3

Inevitable

Answer 3

certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented:
example: Inevitably, though
unintentionally, most of the seeds that people harvested would have been taken from the tough plants.

Question 4

unintentional

Answer 4

in a way that is not intentional:
intentional: to have as a plan or purpose
example: Inevitably, though unintentionally, most of the seeds that people harvested would have been taken from the tough plants.

Question 5

contemporary

Answer 5

belonging to the same period, or to a stated period in the past:
example: . First, contemporary foragers (people who search for food) show us that food production probably did not come about from sudden

Question 6

unforeseen

Answer 6

not expected
example: that food production probably did not come about from sudden, unforeseen discoveries,

Question 7

aptly

Answer 7

in a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation:
example: Jared Diamond aptly describes contemporary food foragers as

Question 8

opaque

Answer 8

preventing light from traveling through, and therefore not transparent or translucent:
example: Its opaque cloud cover and massive atmosphere of carbon dioxide and sulfur compounds

Question 9

accelerate

Answer 9

faster than usual:
example: Earth’s saltwater oceans accelerated the removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide