Unit 06

Question 1

The _ of a place is its height above sea level.

Answer 1

altitude

Question 2

A _ is the outline of a country’s coast.

Answer 2

coastline

Question 3

To _ means to prevent or discourage someone from doing something.

Answer 3

deter

Question 4

To _ something means to have an idea or plan about it in the mind.

Answer 4

devise

Question 5

_ is the knowledge and skills to do something well.

Answer 5

expertise

Question 6

A _ is a crack or break in something.

Answer 6

fracture

Question 7

To _ something means to damage it or make it worse.

Answer 7

impair

Question 8

To _ something means to ensure that what has been planned is done.

Answer 8

implement

Question 9

If something is indigenous, it is originally from, or native to, a place.

Answer 9

indigenous

Question 10

_ is a deep and accurate understanding of something.

Answer 10

insight

Question 11

A _ is a large branch on a tree.

Answer 11

limb

Question 12

A _ is a painful headache that makes one feel sick.

Answer 12

migraine

Question 13

_ is the feeling of being hopeful about the future or success of something.

Answer 13

optimism

Question 14

When something is _, it is strange, sometimes in a bad way.

Answer 14

peculiar

Question 15

When a person is _ at something, they can do it well.

Answer 15

proficient

Question 16

A _ is a long and difficult search for something.

Answer 16

quest

Question 17

A _ is a long, narrow piece of raised land.

Answer 17

ridge

Question 18

A _ is the person to whom someone is married.

Answer 18

spouse

Question 19

To _ means to push or move something quickly with a lot of force.

Answer 19

thrust

Question 20

To _ something means to be able to accept it even when it is unpleasant.

Answer 20

tolerate