Stems list 19

Question 1

Ven
Circumvent

Answer 1

come
find a way around (an obstacle)

Question 2

icthy
ichthyologist
n

Answer 2

fish
a marine biologist who studies different fish species.

Question 3

Pulse
impulsive
adj

Answer 3

drive
acting or done without forethought.

Question 4

calor
Calorific
adj

Answer 4

heat
relating to the amount of energy contained in food or fuel.

Question 5

sol
solarium
n

Answer 5

sun
a room that permits abundant daylight and views of the landscape while sheltering from adverse weather.

Question 6

Strat
stratosphere
n

Answer 6

layer
the second layer of the atmosphere as you go upward.

Question 7

nuc
nucleus
n

Answer 7

center
the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

Question 8

sat
insatiable
adj

Answer 8

enough
(of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy.

Question 9

Protero
Proterozoic
adj

Answer 9

early
relating to or denoting the eon that constitutes the later part of the Precambrian, between the Archean eon and the Cambrian period, in which the earliest forms of life evolved.

Question 10

Mont
Piedmont
n

Answer 10

Mountain
a gentle slope leading from the base of mountains to a region of flat land.

Question 11

Kilo
kilowatt
n

Answer 11

thousand
a measure of 1,000 watts of electrical power.

Question 12

myria
myriad
n

Answer 12

many
a countless or extremely great number.

Question 13

tachy
tachycardia
n

Answer 13

quick
a heart rate over 100 beats a minute.

Question 14

fiss
fissure
n

Answer 14

split
a long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

Question 15

cumu
cumulus
n

Answer 15

heaped
cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base at fairly low altitude.

Question 16

meteor
meteorograph
n

Answer 16

high
an apparatus that records several meteorological phenomena at the same time.

Question 17

hibern
hibernal
adj

Answer 17

winter
of, characteristic of, or occurring in winter

Question 18

di
diverge
verb

Answer 18

to
(of a road, route, or line) separate from another route, especially a main one, and go in a different direction

Question 19

bath
batholith
n

Answer 19

deep
a very large igneous intrusion extending deep in the earth’s crust

Question 20

cirr
cirrostratus
n

Answer 20

hair
cloud forming a thin, more or less uniform, semi translucent layer at high altitude, usually 16,500–45,000 feet (5–13 km)

Question 21

grav
gravid
n

Answer 21

heavy
pregnant

Question 22

solv
solvent
n

Answer 22

loosen
able to dissolve other substances.

Question 23

ophthal
ophthalmic
adj

Answer 23

eye
relating to the eye and its diseases

Question 24

oma
hematoma
n

Answer 24

tumor
when an injury causes blood to collect and pool under the skin

Question 25

rub rubicund adj

Answer 25

red (especially of someone's face) having a ruddy complexion; high-colored.