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Question 1

impede

Answer 1

hinder or halt some movement

Question 2

impel

Answer 2

thrust forward, opposite of impede

Question 3

imperative

Answer 3

an absolute necessity, a requisite

Question 4

impoverish

Answer 4

make poor, opposite of prosper

Question 5

insatiable

Answer 5

hunger that cannot be satisfied

Question 6

irrigation

Answer 6

man made canals used to bring water to dry land

Question 7

inept

Answer 7

lacking skill

Question 8

landlord

Answer 8

property owner who rents said property to others

Question 9

latex

Answer 9

a important product made from rubber

Question 10

laud

Answer 10

praise: opposite of criticize

Question 11

lumen

Answer 11

unit that is used to measure the intensity of light

Question 12

languish

Answer 12

diminish, weaken

Question 13

mammal

Answer 13

a vertebrate animal that gives milk to its young: note that a whale is a mammal

Question 14

mammoth

Answer 14

large, extinct mammal: an ancestor of the elephant

Question 15

mandrill

Answer 15

type of monkey [baboon]

Question 16

manifest

Answer 16

list of passengers for a plane or ship

Question 17

marsupial

Answer 17

an animal that carries its young in a pouch: note that a kangaroo is a marsupial

Question 18

metaphysic

Answer 18

one who studies philosophy

Question 19

metropolis

Answer 19

a large city

Question 20

minute

Answer 20

very tiny

Question 21

miser

Answer 21

one who is very cheap, a stingy person

Question 22

naivete

Answer 22

tendency to be easily duped or overly innocent

Question 23

nosegay

Answer 23

bouquet of flowers

Question 24

numismatics

Answer 24

study of coins and medals

Question 25

numismatic

Answer 25

one involved with the study of coins and medals

Question 26

odometer

Answer 26

instrument used to measure the distance travelled

Question 27

osteopathy

Answer 27

treatment of disease by manipulation of the bones

Question 28

oxymoron

Answer 28

a phrase that contains an obvious contradiction

Question 29

palette

Answer 29

thin board upon which colors are mixed by a painter

Question 30

pane

Answer 30

a plate of glass that is a component of a window