NEO47

Question 1

radically

Answer 1

completely or extremely:
example: radically differ from those of the four terrestrial planets,

Question 2

accretion

Answer 2

a gradual increase or growth by the addition of new layers or parts: Jupiter’s formation began with the accretion

Question 3

truncate

Answer 3

to make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it: , example: truncates planet formation.

Question 4

perturbation

Answer 4

a small change in the regular movement of an object:
example: Gravitational perturbations

Question 5

placate

Answer 5

to stop someone from feeling angry:
example: whom they needed to placate in hopes of preventing wheat

Question 6

famine

Answer 6

a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
example: population to famine and emigration

Question 7

pathogen

Answer 7

any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium that can cause disease:
example: types of organisms, or pathogens,

Question 8

overwinters

Answer 8

to spend the winter in a particular place:
example: the fungus overwinters

Question 9

bulb

Answer 9

a round root of some plants from which the plant grows:
example: The bulbs of these tulips,
which in reality were infected by a plant virus

Question 10

integral

Answer 10

necessary and important as a part of a whole:
example: As a result, drinking tea became an integral part of British culture.

Question 11

vineyard

Answer 11

a piece of land on which grapevines are grown (= plants that produce small round fruits used for making wine)
example: , in vineyards in the Bordeaux
region of France