Week 1

Question 0

megalith

Answer 0

(n. )
- a very large stone used in ancient cultures as a monument or part of a building

Syn: boulder; monolith; standing stone

Question 1

megabyte

Answer 1

(n. )

- a unit of computer information equal to 1,048,576 bytes (1024 kilobytes)

Question 2

megaphone

Answer 2

(n. )
- a cone shaped device that amplifies your voice when you speak through it

Syn: bull horn; amplifier
Ant: silencer; muffler

Question 3

megaton

Answer 3

(n. )

- an explosion that is equal to one million tons of TNT

Question 4

microbe

Answer 4

(n. )
- an extremely small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

Syn: microorganism; bacterium; germ; bacillus
Ant: animal; large being

Question 5

microfilm

Answer 5

(n. )
- film on which very small photographs of the printed pages of a newspaper, magazine, etc., are stored

Syn: image; snapshot
Ant: large picture; portrait

Question 6

microorganism

Answer 6

(n. )
- an extremely small living thing that can only be seen with a microscope

Syn: microbe; bacterium; parasite
Ant: large animal; large being

Question 7

microphone

Answer 7

(n. )
- a device into which one speaks in order to record or amplify one’s voice

Syn: mic; recorder; amplifier; megaphone
Ant: silencer; muffler

Question 8

microscope

Answer 8

(n. )

- a device used for producing a much larger view of very small objects so that they can be seen clearly

Question 9

microwave

Answer 9

(n. )
- a very short wave of electromagnetic energy
(v. )
- to cook food in a microwave oven

Syn: bake; warm; heat
Ant: cool; freeze

Question 10

maladjusted

Answer 10

(adj. )
- not able to deal with other people in a normal or healthy way

Syn: abnormal; neurotic; unstable
Ant: normal; social

Question 11

malformed

Answer 11

(adj. )
- badly or imperfectly formed

Syn: abnormal; deformed; contorted
Ant: regular; perfect; undistorted

Question 12

malpractice

Answer 12

(n. )
- an injurious, negligent, or improper job

Syn: carelessness; misdeed; negligence
Ant: obedience; attentiveness

Question 13

malnutrition

Answer 13

(n. )
- the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food

Syn: hunger; malnourishment; starvation
Ant: satisfaction; fullness; glut

Question 14

malcontent

Answer 14

(adj. )
- discontented with the existing state of affairs

Syn: unsatisfied; discontented
Ant: full; satisfied

(n. )
- a person who is always unhappy about something

Question 15

benefactor

Answer 15

(n. )
- someone who helps another person or group by giving money

Syn: supporter; contributer; patron
Ant: opponent; opposer

Question 16

beneficial

Answer 16

(adj. )
- producing good or helpful results or effects

Syn: constructive; helpful; favorable
Ant: bad; disadvantageous; unhelpful

Question 17

beneficiary

Answer 17

(n. )
- a person or organization that is helped by something/ someone

Syn: heir; recipient
Ant: giver; payer; benefactor

Question 18

benevolent

Answer 18

(adj. )
- kind and generous

Syn: giving; caring; benign; compassionate
Ant: cruel; hateful; mean; merciless

Question 19

malice

Answer 19

(n. )
- desire to cause harm to another person

Syn: animosity; animus; antipathy; enmity
Ant: friendliness; friendship; happiness