Unit 5 / First 20

Question 1

Malevolent

Answer 1

Having or showing intense ill will or hatred.

Question 2

Malicious

Answer 2

Desiring to cause pain, injury, or distress to another.

Question 3

Malign

Answer 3

To make harsh and often false or misleading statements about.

Question 4

Malnourished

Answer 4

Badly or poorly nourished.

Question 5

Cataclysm

Answer 5

(1) A violent and massive change of the earths surface. (2) A moment event that results in great upheaval and often destruction.

Question 6

Catacomb

Answer 6

An underground cemetery of connecting passage ways with recesses for tombs.

Question 7

Catalyst

Answer 7

(1) A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction or let’s it take place under different conditions. (2) Someone or something that brings about or speeds significant change or action

Question 8

Catatonic

Answer 8

(1) Relating to or suffering from a form of schizophrenia. (2) Showing an unusual lack of movement, activity, or expression.

Question 9

Protagonist

Answer 9

The main character in a literary work.

Question 10

Protocol

Answer 10

(1) An original copy or record of a document. (2) A code of diplomatic or military rules of behavior.

Question 11

Protoplasm

Answer 11

The substance that makes up living the parts of cells.

Question 12

Prototype

Answer 12

(1) An original model on which something is patterned. (2) A first, full-scale, usually working version of a new type or design

Question 13

Antechamber

Answer 13

An outer room that leads to another and is often used as a waiting room.

Question 14

Antedate

Answer 14

(1) To date something (Such as a check) With a date earlier than that of actual writing. (2) To precede in time.

Question 15

Ante Meridiem

Answer 15

Before noon

Question 16

Anterior

Answer 16

(1) Located before or toward the front or head. (2) Coming before in time or development.

Question 17

Orthodontics

Answer 17

A branch of dentistry that deals with the treatment and correction of crooked teeth and other irregularities.

Question 18

Orthodox

Answer 18

(1) Holding established beliefs, especially in religion. (2) Conforming to established rules or traditions; conventional.

Question 19

Orthopedics

Answer 19

The correction or prevention of deformities of the skeleton.

Question 20

Orthography

Answer 20

(1) The spelling of words according to standard usage. (2) The part of language study concerned with letters and spelling.