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Question 1

For a moment, or briefly.

Answer 1

momentarily

Question 2

the TV programme would pause———— for a commercial break.

Answer 2

momentarily

Question 3

An aerial ropeway having a single moving cable.

Answer 3

monocable

Question 4

growing only one crop or keeping only one type of animal on an area of farm land

Answer 4

monoculture

Question 5

You can ruin the soil with continuous———.

Answer 5

monoculture

Question 6

funeral home.

Answer 6

mortuary

Question 7

To dry like a mummy.
The dead lizard was ——- by the hot desert air.

Answer 7

mummified

Question 8

The dead lizard was——— by the hot desert air.

Answer 8

mummified

Question 9

the fact of being very ordinary and therefore not interesting

Answer 9

mundanities

Question 10

The family planned a vacation in order to escape the——– of everyday life.

Answer 10

mundanities

Question 11

Puzzling or curious.

Answer 11

mysterious

Question 12

The———— object we saw in the sky turned out to be a meteor.

Answer 12

mysterious

Question 13

Having or expressing credulity

Answer 13

naive

Question 14

She was———- to believe their promises.

Answer 14

naive

Question 15

(used with not____) possibly, but not certainly

Answer 15

necessarily

Question 16

Money doesn’t———– buy happiness.

Answer 16

necessarily

Question 17

too slight or small in amount to be of importance

Answer 17

negligible

Question 18

The children were looking forward to a good snowfall, but unfortunately for them the amount was———–.

Answer 18

negligible

Question 19

system of medieval musical notation

Answer 19

neume

Question 20

In medieval years,———- was first used in musical songs in church.

Answer 20

neume