Reading Words

Question 1

alternatives

Answer 1

Other options
Different options
Different choices

Question 2

Suggest

Answer 2

Say or make a recommendation

Question 3

Unstable

Answer 3

Unsteady

Not mentally well

Question 4

Insane

Answer 4

crazy

Question 5

Principal

Answer 5

Main
Primary
Most important

Question 6

avarice

Answer 6

greed

Question 7

midst

Answer 7

in the midst of something = in the middle of something

Question 8

deflect

Answer 8

turn away, push away

Question 9

stifle

Answer 9

restrain
hold back
suppress

Question 10

stationary

Answer 10

not moving
still
motionless

Question 11

immobile

Answer 11

not moving

Question 12

apogee

Answer 12

highest point

Question 13

perish

Answer 13

decay
die
waste away

Question 14

archipelago

Answer 14

a group of islands

Question 15

peninsula

Answer 15

land surrounded by water on three sides

Question 16

plunder

Answer 16

to steal

Question 17

migrate

Answer 17

to move from one place to another

to move from one country to another

Question 18

bough

Answer 18

tree branch

Question 19

estranged

Answer 19

estranged people are friends who are no longer friends

Question 20

vocation

Answer 20

job

Question 21

devour

Answer 21

to eat fast or gobble up

Question 22

mainstream

Answer 22

conventional, typical thoughts or ideas

Question 23

overhaul

Answer 23

to repair, or rebuild, or redo

Question 24

careerist

Answer 24

someone who only cares about getting ahead or getting promotions at work, at any cost

Question 25

stupendous

Answer 25

extremely impressive or amazing also: remarkable, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary

Question 26

gist

Answer 26

the key point or the essence of something

Question 27

offspring

Answer 27

a person's child or children babies family progeny

Question 28

mutation

Answer 28

a change or an alteration | i.e. genes and DNA can mutate in biology when passed from parents to children

Question 29

unfathomable

Answer 29

unknowable or immeasurable | if talking about water: it means very deep

Question 30

crude

Answer 30

primitive or overly simple | vulgar or rude

Question 31

adequate

Answer 31

sufficient, enough

Question 32

disrupt

Answer 32

to interrupt or disturb

Question 33

meshed

Answer 33

interconnected, connected, or networked

Question 34

placenta

Answer 34

an organ in the uterus of pregnant women that provide the baby or fetus nourishment and vitamins

Question 35

dispute

Answer 35

disagreement, debate, argument

Question 36

subfield

Answer 36

a smaller part of a field (i.e. geometry is a subfield of mathematics)

Question 37

synthesize

Answer 37

to make, produce or combine something

Question 38

proposal

Answer 38

a plan or a suggestion ("I propose we go to the pool")

Question 39

incendiary

Answer 39

something that can cause a fire, that is provocative or inflammatory ("His sharp words were incendiary and could have caused a ruckus in the group).