Vocabulary Test 15

Question 1

Retaliate

Answer 1

1. To strike back
2. To get revenge

Question 2

Jut

Answer 2

To stick out sharply

Question 2

Translucent

Answer 2

Allowing only some light to pass through so that images can’t be seen clearly

Question 3

Asset

Answer 3

Something valuable or useful

Question 4

Immerse

Answer 4

1. To involve or occupy completely
2. To cover completely with water or liquid

Question 5

Temptation

Answer 5

How do I say something that temps or attracts

Question 6

Ravenous

Answer 6

Very hungry

Question 7

Facilitate

Answer 7

1. To make less difficult
2. To help to progress

Question 8

Unfazed

Answer 8

Not disturbed

Question 9

Operative

Answer 9

Having effect

Question 10

Suspicious

Answer 10

Show you’re having a cautious distrust of someone or something

Question 11

Guffawing

Answer 11

Laugh and a louder boisterous way

Question 12

Prying

Answer 12

Passively interested in a person’s private affairs

Question 13

Heroically

Answer 13

In a admirably, brave or determined manner

Question 14

Rowdy

Answer 14

Noisy and disorderly

Question 15

Dubiously

Answer 15

With hesitation, doubt or distrust

Question 16

Prestigious

Answer 16

1. Inspiring respect in admiration
2. Having high status

Question 17

Light pollution

Answer 17

Any negative effects of human-made light

Question 18

Astronomers

Answer 18

Scientists who study space

Question 19

Solar flare

Answer 19

A sudden eruption of brightness on the sun’s surface

Question 20

Fusion

Answer 20

The process of combining atoms

Question 21

Nuclear power plant

Answer 21

A thermal power station that generates electricity from the heat produced by the controlled fission. This heat is then used to boil water, creating steam that spins a turbine connected to a generator, which produces electricity.

Question 22

Cold War

Answer 22

State of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measure short of open warfare.

Question 23

Atomic bomb

Answer 23

A nuclear weapon that derives its destructive power from the splitting of atomic nuclei through a chain reaction called fission.

Question 24

Invert

Answer 24

Switch the positions of the numerator and denominator in a fraction

Question 25

Reciprocals

Answer 25

The numbers whose product is one

Question 26

Ratio

Answer 26

A comparison using division

Question 27

Negative number

Answer 27

Numbers that are less than zero

Question 28

Positive number

Answer 28

Numbers greater than zero