Vocabulary Words 3

Question 1

Resistant to a particular toxin or infection

Answer 1

Immune

Question 2

Not showing proper respect rude

Answer 2

Impertinent

Question 3

A conclusion reached at the basis of evidence and reasoning

Answer 3

Inference

Question 4

The examination or observation of ones own mental processes

Answer 4

Introspection

Question 5

Having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident mood

Answer 5

Jaunty

Question 6

Cheerful and friendly

Answer 6

Jovial

Question 7

A metric unit of measurement that equals 1,000 meters

Answer 7

Kilometer

Question 8

A complicated irregular network of passages

Answer 8

Labyrinth

Question 9

Using few words

Answer 9

Laconic

Question 10

A slow growing plant

Answer 10

Lichen

Question 11

A unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the amount of time light travels in a year

Answer 11

Light-year

Question 12

A movement that requires skill and care

Answer 12

Maneuver

Question 13

A mammal who’s members are born incompletely

Answer 13

Marsupial

Question 14

A figure of speech used to compare two things

Answer 14

Metaphor

Question 15

A picture or pattern made by arranging small colored pieces

Answer 15

Mosaic

Question 16

The action of changing the structure of a gene

Answer 16

Mutation

Question 17

A cloud of dust and gas in space

Answer 17

Nebula

Question 18

A animal that sleeps in the daytime

Answer 18

Nocturnal

Question 19

Something causing inconvenience or annoyance

Answer 19

Nuisance

Question 20

A person or animal that eats both meat and greens

Answer 20

Omnivore