NEO42

Question 1

paucity

Answer 1

the fact that there is too little of something:
example: “from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago

Question 2

essence

Answer 2

the basic or most important idea or quality of something:
example: This is the essence of
Darwin’s theory of evolution

Question 3

correspondence

Answer 3

a connection between two things:
example: The correspondence between the beaks of the 13 finch species and their food source

Question 4

stouter

Answer 4

Stout objects are strongly made from thick, strong materials:
example: those with stouter beaks specializing in harder-to-crush seeds.

Question 5

assemble

Answer 5

to make something by joining separate parts:
example: they were able to assemble a detailed portrait

Question 6

lean

Answer 6

If a period of time is lean, there is not enough of something, especially money or food, at that time:
example: response to diet- -perhaps during lean times

Question 7

malnourished

Answer 7

weak and in bad health because of having too little food or too little of the types of food necessary for good health
example: malnourished and then grow stouter beaks

Question 8

elliptical

Answer 8

having an oval shape
example: Earth’s orbit is not perfectly circular but is slightly elliptical

Question 9

stratified

Answer 9

arranged in separate layers:
example: arranged in separate layers:

Question 10

calibrate

Answer 10

to check a measuring instrument to see if it is accurate
example: but it needed to be calibrated to give approximate

Question 11

increment

Answer 11

one of a series of increases:
example: it is possible to measure annual increments