Extras 9. More vocabulary

Question 1

Afebrile

Answer 1

Not feverish / not having a temperature

Question 2

Amoral

Answer 2

Not caring about whether actions are right or wrong

Question 3

Antenatal

Answer 3

Before birth (during pregnancy)

Question 4

Anteroom

Answer 4

A waiting room

Question 5

Antisocial

Answer 5

Not wanting to be around people

Question 6

Autobiography

Answer 6

A book about a person’s life, written by that person

Question 7

Bifurcate

Answer 7

Divide into two branches

Question 8

Bilateral

Answer 8

Affecting both sides (e.g. of your body)

Question 9

Biography

Answer 9

A book about a person’s life, written by someone else

Question 10

Bisect

Answer 10

To divide into two equal parts

Question 11

Circumnavigate

Answer 11

To go around (an obstacle)

Question 12

Defrost

Answer 12

Thaw/melt something frozen

Question 13

Demotivate

Answer 13

To make someone feel less keen to work/study

Question 14

Derail

Answer 14

A train leaving its tracks; stopping something from happening

Question 15

Epicentre

Answer 15

The central point of something (usually an earthquake)

Question 16

Epilogue

Answer 16

A section at the end of a book or play that is usually a conclusion

Question 17

Epithet

Answer 17

A phrase used to describe the characteristic of a person or thing.

(E.g. “Pigs are often given the epithet ‘dirty’ “.)

Question 18

Febrile

Answer 18

Having a fever / temperature (when you’re ill)

Question 19

Extra-terrestrial

Answer 19

From outside the earth / from space

Question 20

Forecast

Answer 20

To predict (usually the weather)

Question 21

Foreword

Answer 21

A short introduction to a book, usually written by someone who hasn’t written the book itself

Question 22

Hexapod

Answer 22

A six-legged creature (like insects)

Question 23

Hyperventilate

Answer 23

To breathe too quickly (such as if you’re worried or overexcited)

Question 24

Intramural

Answer 24

Something that takes place within a school.

E.g. an intramural football tournament would only involve football teams from that school

Question 25

Intravenous

Answer 25

Inside a vein

Question 26

Macrofossil

Answer 26

Fossils that are large enough to be seen without a microscope

Question 27

Macroscopic

Answer 27

Something that is large enough to be seen without a microscope

Question 28

Microchip

Answer 28

A small part of an electronic device used to make a circuit

Question 29

Misfire

Answer 29

When a gun/missile doesn’t fire/shoot properly

Question 30

Monobrow

Answer 30

Where the eyebrows meet in the middle, so they look like one long eyebrow

Question 31

Monolith

Answer 31

A large upright block of stone (like those seen at Stonehenge)

Question 32

Multilingual

Answer 32

Using several languages.

If someone can speak TWO languages, they are “bilingual”

Question 33

Navigate

Answer 33

To plan and direct the path of a vehicle/person

Question 34

Nondescript

Answer 34

Not having any interesting features

Question 35

Octogenarian

Answer 35

A person who is between 80 and 89 years old

Question 36

Omnibus

Answer 36

A large book that contains several books that are also available separately.

Also the old word for a bus

Question 37

Omnivore

Answer 37

An animal/person that eats both meat and vegetables

Question 38

Post-mortem

Answer 38

After death

Or the examination of a dead body to try and find out the cause of death.

Question 39

Postnatal

Answer 39

After birth

Question 40

Predetermine

Answer 40

To decide something beforehand

Question 41

Prologue

Answer 41

An introductory chapter to a book or play

Question 42

Sextet

Answer 42

A group of six people/things

E.g. a group of six people playing instruments

Question 43

Sextuplet

Answer 43

Like twins, but when there are six children born at the same time, then each of them is a sextuplet

Question 44

Superfood

Answer 44

A food that is full of nutrients and thought to be especially good for your health

Question 45

Techno-babble

Answer 45

Something that is written with so many difficult words that it is difficult to understand

Question 46

Technophobia

Answer 46

A fear of new technology (like being too scared to use a computer)

Question 47

Teleport

Answer 47

To move across a large distance instantly

Question 48

Tetromino

Answer 48

A shape made up of four squares (like the shapes in the game tetris)

Question 49

Thermostat

Answer 49

A device that can automatically detect when something reaches a certain temperature, and then do something about it (like automatically switching off the heating when the house reaches a certain temperature)

Question 50

Trident

Answer 50

A spear with three prongs

Question 51

Tripod

Answer 51

A three-legged stand that is used to support other objects, like a camera stand

Question 52

Unilateral

Answer 52

Something that only done by, or performed by, one person/group

Or something that only affects one side of your body