Hisaaki Muroga Round 3

Question 1

poltergeist

Answer 1

a spirit or force that moves furniture and throws objects around in a house

Question 2

frown

Answer 2

to bring your eyebrows together showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard:

Question 3

strain

Answer 3

a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes causing damage:

Question 4

plummets

Answer 4

to fall very quickly and suddenly:

Question 5

surveillance

Answer 5

the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:

Question 6

excess

Answer 6

an amount that is more than acceptable, expected, or reasonable:

Question 7

radial

Answer 7

spreading out from a central point:

Question 8

reverberates

Answer 8

If a loud, deep sound reverberates, it continues to be heard around an area, so that the area seems to shake:

Question 9

suffocate

Answer 9

to (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen:

Question 10

probe

Answer 10

an attempt to discover information by asking a lot of questions:

Question 11

incubate

Answer 11

to keep something warm, causing it to develop, esp. to keep eggs warm until the young are born:

Question 12

distortion

Answer 12

a change to the intended or true meaning of something:

Question 13

incubator

Answer 13

a container that has controlled air and temperature conditions in which a weak or premature baby (= one which was born too early) can be kept alive

Question 14

surrogate

Answer 14

replacing someone else or used instead of something else:

Question 15

colonization

Answer 15

the act or process of sending people to live in and govern another country:

Question 16

turbulence

Answer 16

a state of confusion without any order:

Question 17

exponential

Answer 17

An exponential rate of increase becomes quicker and quicker as the thing that increases becomes larger:

Question 18

conundrum

Answer 18

a problem that is difficult to deal with:

Question 19

paradox

Answer 19

a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics:

Question 20

determinism

Answer 20

the theory that everything that happens must happen as it does and could not have happened any other way

Question 21

entropy

Answer 21

the amount of order or lack of order in a system

Question 22

inertia

Answer 22

lack of activity or interest, or unwillingness to make an effort to do anything:

Question 23

resonance

Answer 23

the quality of being loud and clear

Question 24

infinitesimal

Answer 24

extremely small:

Question 25

cataclysmic

Answer 25

causing a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change:

Question 26

propulsion

Answer 26

a force that pushes something forward:

Question 27

aberrration

Answer 27

a temporary change from the typical or usual way of behaving:

Question 28

oblivion

Answer 28

the state of being completely forgotten:

Question 29

transcendence

Answer 29

experience that goes past normal limits, or the ability to achieve this:

Question 30

precipice

Answer 30

a very steep side of a cliff or a mountain: