Expanding your vocabulary

Question 1

What word means a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance:

Answer 1

Nuisance

Question 2

What word means occurring or existing at the same time or in a similar way; corresponding:

Answer 2

Parallel

Question 3

What word means a space entirely devoid of matter.

Answer 3

Vacuum

Question 4

What word means confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding):

Answer 4

Corroborate

Question 5

What word means not connected with or relevant to something:

Answer 5

Irrelevant

Question 6

What word means (especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts:

Answer 6

Partition

Question 7

What word means causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way:

Answer 7

Mischievous

Question 8

What word means the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch:

Answer 8

Temperature

Question 9

What word means showing a critical or disrespectful attitude:

Answer 9

Derogatory

Question 10

What word means not permanent:

Answer 10

Transitory