Question 1

having human operators on board

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manned

Question 2

more tasteless

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blander

Question 3

backbones

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spines

Question 4

drops of liquid

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globules

Question 5

weak

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feeble

Question 6

gradually adjusted again

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readapted

Question 7

Old English suffix meaning the condition or quality of being

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ness

Question 8

separate and different

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distinct

Question 9

encourage; contribute to the growth of

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promote

Question 10

shared by all

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communal

Question 11

accumulation and storage of supplies

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hoarding

Question 12

excuses; explains

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justifies

Question 13

the end of separation of cultural or racial groups

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integration

Question 14

Latin root meaning law or fair and right

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just

Question 15

act of making laws; law-making

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legislation

Question 16

basic; forming a foundation

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fundamental

Question 17

accepting; free from bigotry or prejudice

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tolerant

Question 18

social state in which all people are treated the same

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equality

Question 19

reached its highest point or climax

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culminated

Question 20

someone who takes the most hopeful view of matters

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optimist

Question 21

Latin root meaning law

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leg

Question 22

sufficient, enough

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adequate

Question 23

Allowing some light to pass through

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translucent

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lonely, solitary

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desolate

Question 25

getting little rain, and therefore very dry

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arid

Question 26

food for domestic animals

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forage

Question 27

condition of being mortal, or having to die eventually

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mortality

Question 28

Latin root meaning alone

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sol

Question 29

comparing two things using like or as

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simile

Question 30

A comparison without using like or as

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metaphor

Question 31

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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alliteration

Question 32

exaggeration

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hyperbole

Question 33

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

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onomatopoeia

Question 34

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

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personification

Question 35

a saying that if taken literally, makes no sense

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idiom

Question 36

language that appeals to the 5 senses

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imagery

Question 37

conjoining contradictory terms (as in 'deafening silence')

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oxymoron

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