Group 4

Question 1

Morass

Answer 1

a tract of low, soft, watery ground; bog; marsh; swamp: often used figuratively of a difficult, troublesome, or perplexing state of affairs

Question 2

Narrate

Answer 2

to tell (a story) in writing or speech

Question 3

Natives

Answer 3

inborn or innate rather than acquired

Question 4

Negotiate

Answer 4

to make arrangements for, settle, or conclude (a business transaction, treaty, etc.)

Question 5

Nicaragua

Answer 5

a country in Central America

Question 6

Nomadic

Answer 6

A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land

Question 7

Novelty

Answer 7

the quality of being novel; newness; freshness

Question 8

Oblivion

Answer 8

the condition or fact of being forgotten

Question 9

Oblivious

Answer 9

forgetful or unmindful: usually with of or to

Question 10

Obstruction

Answer 10

something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance

Question 11

Obvious

Answer 11

easy to see or understand; plain; evident

Question 12

Oddly

Answer 12

being one of a pair of which the other is missing

Question 13

Ornamental

Answer 13

serving as or pertaining to an ornament; decorative

Question 14

Pacifier

Answer 14

someone who tries to bring peace, a rubber or plastic device, often shaped into a nipple, for a baby to suck or bite on

Question 15

Paleolithic

Answer 15

designating or of an Old World cultural period (2 million3c. 10,000 B.C.)

Question 16

Palisade

Answer 16

any one of a row of large pointed stakes set in the ground to form a fence used for fortification or defense

Question 17

Panegyric

Answer 17

a formal speech or piece of writing praising a person or event

Question 18

Panhandler

Answer 18

a beggar, esp. one who begs on the streets

Question 19

Parisian

Answer 19

of or like Paris, its people, or culture

Question 20

Passes

Answer 20

a narrow passage or opening, esp. between mountains; gap; defile

Question 21

Peacemaker

Answer 21

a person who makes peace, as by settling the disagreements or quarrels of others

Question 22

Pebbles

Answer 22

a small stone worn smooth and round, as by the action of water

Question 23

Perforate

Answer 23

to make a hole or holes through, as by punching or boring; pierce; penetrate

Question 24

Perpetrates

Answer 24

to do or perform (something evil, criminal, or offensive); be guilty of

Question 25

Pickups

Answer 25

the act of picking up, as in fielding a rapidly rolling baseball

Question 26

Pitiful

Answer 26

arousing or deserving pity

Question 27

Plausible

Answer 27

seemingly true, acceptable, etc.: often implying disbelief

Question 28

Pleistocene

Answer 28

designating or of the first epoch of the Quaternary Period in the Cenozoic Era, characterized by the spreading and recession of continental ice sheets and by the appearance of modern humans

Question 29

Pogo stick

Answer 29

a stilt with pedals and a spring at one end, used as a toy to move along in a series of bounds

Question 30

Precision

Answer 30

the quality of being precise; exactness, accuracy, etc

Question 31

Predetermined

Answer 31

to determine, decide, or decree beforehand

Question 32

Premises

Answer 32

a tract of land including its buildings, a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion

Question 33

Prevailed

Answer 33

to gain the advantage or mastery; be victorious; triumph: often with over or against

Question 34

Prevalent

Answer 34

stronger, more effective, etc.; dominant

Question 35

Primitive

Answer 35

of or existing in the beginning or the earliest times or ages; ancient; original

Question 36

Probable

Answer 36

likely to occur or be; that can reasonably but not certainly be expected

Question 37

Prosaic

Answer 37

of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specific., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.

Question 38

Prosecutes

Answer 38

to follow up or pursue (something) to a conclusion

Question 39

Proselyte

Answer 39

to try to convert (a person), esp. to one's religion

Question 40

Pungent

Answer 40

producing a sharp sensation of taste and smell; acrid

Question 41

Quizzical

Answer 41

odd; comical

Question 42

Radioactive

Answer 42

capable of giving off, radiant energy in the form of particles or rays, as alpha, beta, and gamma rays, by the spontaneous disintegration of atomic nuclei

Question 43

Rapacious

Answer 43

taking by force; plundering

Question 44

Rebellion

Answer 44

an act or state of armed resistance to one's government

Question 45

Recital

Answer 45

a) a reciting; specific., a telling of facts, events, etc. in detail b) what is so told; account, story, or description

Question 46

Redundant

Answer 46

more than enough; overabundant; excess; superfluous

Question 47

Regiment

Answer 47

a military unit consisting of two or more battalions and forming a basic element of a division

Question 48

Rescue

Answer 48

to free or save from danger, imprisonment, evil, etc.

Question 49

Resist

Answer 49

to withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of