Question 1

having human operators on board

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manned

Question 2

backbones

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spines

Question 3

Old English suffix meaning the condition or quality of being

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ness

Question 4

accumulation and storage of supplies

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hoarding

Question 5

the end of separation of cultural or racial groups

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integration

Question 6

act of making laws; law-making

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legislation

Question 7

accepting; free from bigotry or prejudice

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tolerant

Question 8

Latin root meaning law

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leg

Question 9

Allowing some light to pass through

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translucent

Question 10

getting little rain, and therefore very dry

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arid

Question 11

Latin root meaning alone

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sol

Question 12

comparing two things using like or as

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simile

Question 13

A comparison without using like or as

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metaphor

Question 14

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

Question 15

exaggeration

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hyperbole

Question 16

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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onomatopoeia

Question 17

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

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personification

Question 18

a saying that if taken literally, makes no sense

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idiom

Question 19

language that appeals to the 5 senses

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imagery

Question 20

conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')

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oxymoron

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