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Question 1

portage

Answer 1

The carrying of boats or goods overland from one body of water to another; also, a regular route for such carrying.

Question 2

portfolio

Answer 2

(1) A flat case for carrying documents or artworks. (2) The investments owned by a person or organization.

Question 3

comport

Answer 3

(1) To be in agreement with. (2) To behave.

Question 4

deportment

Answer 4

Manner of conducting oneself socially.

Question 5

pendant

Answer 5

Something that hangs down, especially as an ornament.

Question 6

append

Answer 6

To add as something extra.

Question 7

appendage

Answer 7

(1) Something joined on to a larger or more important body or thing. (2) A secondary body part, such as an arm or a leg.

Question 8

suspend

Answer 8

(1) To stop something, or to force someone to give up some right or position, for a limited time. (2) To hang something so that it is free on all sides.

Question 9

panacea

Answer 9

A remedy for all ills or difficulties; cure-all.

Question 10

pandemonium

Answer 10

A wild uproar or commotion.

Question 11

pantheism

Answer 11

A system of belief that regards God as identical with the forces and laws of the universe.

Question 12

panoply

Answer 12

(1) A magnificent or impressive array. (2) A display of all appropriate accessory items.

Question 13

extradite

Answer 13

To deliver an accused criminal from one place to another where the trial will be held.

Question 14

extrapolate

Answer 14

To extend or project facts or data into an area not known in order to make assumptions or to predict facts or trends.

Question 15

extrovert

Answer 15

A person mainly concerned with things outside him- or herself; a sociable and outgoing person.

Question 16

extraneous

Answer 16

(1) Existing or coming from the outside. (2) Not forming an essential part; irrelevant.

Question 17

photoelectric

Answer 17

Involving an electrical effect produced by the action of light or other radiation.

Question 18

photovoltaic

Answer 18

Involving the direct generation of electricity when sunlight or other radiant energy falls on the boundary between dissimilar substances (such as two different semiconductors).

Question 19

photon

Answer 19

A tiny particle or bundle of radiant energy.

Question 20

photosynthesis

Answer 20

The process by which green plants use light to produce organic matter from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 21

lucid

Answer 21

(1) Very clear and easy to understand. (2) Able to think clearly.

Question 22

elucidate

Answer 22

To clarify by explaining; explain.

Question 23

lucubration

Answer 23

(1) Hard and difficult study. (2) The product of such study.

Question 24

translucent

Answer 24

Partly transparent; allowing light to pass through without permitting objects beyond to be seen clearly.

Question 25

mortality

Answer 25

(1) The quality or state of being alive and therefore certain to die. (2) The number of deaths that occur in a particular time or place.

Question 26

moribund

Answer 26

(1) In the process of dying or approaching death. (2) Inactive or becoming outmoded.

Question 27

amortize

Answer 27

To pay off (something such as a mortgage) by making small payments over a period of time.

Question 28

mortify

Answer 28

(1) To subdue or deaden (the body) especially by self-discipline or self-inflicted pain. (2) To embarrass greatly.

Question 29

atrophy

Answer 29

(1) Gradual loss of muscle or flesh, usually because of disease or lack of use. (2) A decline or degeneration.

Question 30

hypertrophy

Answer 30

(1) Excessive development of an organ or part. (2) Exaggerated growth or complexity.

Question 31

dystrophy

Answer 31

Any of several disorders involving the nerves and muscles, especially muscular dystrophy.

Question 32

eutrophication

Answer 32

The process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients.