S5 March 2 Vocab Quiz

What word meaning 'a person who studies spiders, mites, ticks, or scorpions' is used in this context: 'An ___ conducted this research while working on her doctorate.'

What word meaning 'having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation' is used in this context: 'in the ___ and little-populated Western states'

What word meaning 'a large and destructive fire that spreads rapidly and causes widespread damage or destruction' is used in this context: 'even if we blasted ourselves out of existence in a nuclear ___'

What word meaning 'scientists who study the universe and its origin and development' is used in this context: 'Physicists and ___ have been quietly collecting examples of all too convenient ‘coincidences’.'

What word meaning 'bad-tempered people, especially old ones' is used in this context: 'It looks like the revenge of corporate ___.'

What word meaning 'a protective and hard layer covering the epidermis of an invertebrate, usually an insect' is used in this context: 'Upon contact with the sleeping bug’s ___, candy-stripers pull sticky silk from spinnerets with their legs.'

What word meaning 'a person, animal, or thing that lives or is found in a particular place' is used in this context: 'We grasp something that is thus a ___ of this “third realm.”'

What word meaning 'people or things serving as typical examples or appropriate models' is used in this context: 'These individual ___ or instantiations are all imperfect in various ways.'

What word meaning 'a man who is concerned with his clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way' is used in this context: 'the brilliant ___ is just as slowly revealed to be something of a fool'

What word meaning 'a distinctive feature' is used in this context: 'It’s a ___ of any compounding process: the most powerful outcomes are delayed.'