Words

Question 1

to manage to get around especially by ingenuity

Answer 1

circumvent

Question 2

a branch of zoology that deals with fishes

Answer 2

ichthyologist

Question 3

arising from a sudden spontaneous inclination or incitement

Answer 3

impulsive

Question 4

of or relating to heat production

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calorific

Question 5

a glass-enclosed porch or room

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solarium

Question 6

the part of the earth’s atmosphere which extends from the top of the troposphere to about 30 miles (50 kilometers) above the surface and in which temperature increases gradually to about 32°F (0°C) and clouds rarely form

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stratosphere

Question 7

the small bright body in the head of a comet

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nucleus

Question 8

incapable of being satisfied

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insatiable

Question 9

of, relating to, or being the eon of geologic time or the corresponding segment of rocks that includes the interval between the Archean and Phanerozoic eons, exceeds in length all of subsequent geologic time, and is marked by rocks that contain fossils indicating the first appearance of eukaryotic organisms

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Proterozoic

Question 10

lying or formed at the base of mountains

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piedmont

Question 11

1000 watts

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kilowatt

Question 12

ten thousand

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myriad

Question 13

relatively rapid heart action whether physiological (as after exercise) or pathological

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tachycardia

Question 14

a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting

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fissure

Question 15

a dense puffy cloud form having a flat base and rounded outlines often piled up like a mountain

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cumulus

Question 16

an autographic apparatus for recording simultaneously several meteorologic elements

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meteorograph

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of, relating to, or occurring in winter

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hibernal

Question 18

to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart

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diverge

Question 19

a great mass of intruded igneous rock that for the most part stopped in its rise a considerable distance below the surface

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batholith

Question 20

a fairly uniform high thin cloud layer darker than cirrus and often covering the entire sky

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cirrostratus

Question 21

pregnant

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gravid

Question 22

able to pay all legal debts

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solvent

Question 23

of, relating to, or situated near the eye

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ophthalmic

Question 24

a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel

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hematoma

Question 25

ruddy(having a healthy reddish color)

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rubicund