Which word is a synonym for AWARDED  in this sentence: With her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel, she was AWARDED the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, and was then sole winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Which word is a synonym for SOLE  in this sentence: With her husband, Pierre Curie, and Henri Becquerel, she was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, and was then SOLE winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Which word is a synonym for REMARKABLE  in this sentence: From childhood, Marie was REMARKABLE for her prodigious memory, and at the age of 16 won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education.

Which word is a synonym for PRODIGIOUS  in this sentence: From childhood, Marie was remarkable for her PRODIGIOUS memory, and at the age of 16 won a gold medal on completion of her secondary education.

Which word is a synonym for EARNINGS  in this sentence: From her EARNINGS she was able to finance her sister Bronia's medical studies in Paris, on the understanding that Bronia would, in turn, later help her to get an education.

Which word is a synonym for FINANCE  in this sentence: From her earnings she was able to FINANCE her sister Bronia's medical studies in Paris, on the understanding that Bronia would, in turn, later help her to get an education.

Which word is a synonym for FULFILLED  in this sentence: In 1891 this promise was FULFILLED and Marie went to Paris and began to study at the Sorbonne (the University of Paris).

Which word is a synonym for EXAMINATION  in this sentence: She came first in the EXAMINATION in the physical sciences in 1893, and in 1894 was placed second in the EXAMINATION in mathematical sciences.

Which word is a synonym for PARTNERSHIP  in this sentence: Their marriage in 1895 marked the start of a PARTNERSHIP that was soon to achieve results of world significance.

Which word is a synonym for PHENOMENON in this sentence: Following Henri Becquerel's discovery in 1896 of a new PHENOMENON, which Marie later called 'radioactivity', Marie Curie decided to find out if the radioactivity discovered in uranium was to be found in other elements.

Which word is a synonym for FIND OUT  in this sentence: Following Henri Becquerel's discovery in 1896 of a new phenomenon, which Marie later called 'radioactivity', Marie Curie decided to FIND OUT if the radioactivity discovered in uranium was to be found in other elements.

Which word is a synonym for PURE  in this sentence: Turning her attention to minerals, she found her interest drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose radioactivity, superior to that of PURE uranium, could be explained only by the presence in the ore of small quantities of an unknown substance of very high activity.

Which word is a synonym for SUBSTANCE  in this sentence: Turning her attention to minerals, she found her interest drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose radioactivity, superior to that of pure uranium, could be explained only by the presence in the ore of small quantities of an unknown SUBSTANCE of very high activity.

Which word is a synonym for RESOLVE  in this sentence: Pierre Curie joined her in the work that she had undertaken to RESOLVE this problem, and that led to the discovery of the new elements, polonium and radium.

Which word is a synonym for CHIEFLY  in this sentence: While Pierre Curie devoted himself CHIEFLY to the physical study of the new radiations, Marie Curie struggled to obtain pure radium in the metallic state.

Which word is a synonym for OBTAIN  in this sentence: While Pierre Curie devoted himself chiefly to the physical study of the new radiations, Marie Curie struggled to OBTAIN pure radium in the metallic state.

Which word is a synonym for INTERRUPT  in this sentence: The births of Marie's two daughters, Irène and Eve, in 1897 and 1904 failed to INTERRUPT her scientific work.

Which word is a synonym for APPOINTED  in this sentence: She was APPOINTED lecturer in physics at the École Normale Supérieure for girls in Sèvres, France (1900), and introduced a method of teaching based on experimental demonstrations.

Which word is a synonym for VACANT  in this sentence: On May 13, 1906, she was appointed to the professorship that had been left VACANT on her husband's death, becoming the first woman to teach at the Sorbonne.

Which word is a synonym for ISOLATION  in this sentence: In 1911 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the ISOLATION of a pure form of radium.

Which word is a synonym for MOBILE  in this sentence: During World War I, Marie Curie, with the help of her daughter Irène, devoted herself to the development of the use of X-radiography, including the MOBILE units which came to be known as ‘Little Curies', used for the treatment of wounded soldiers.

Which word is a synonym for TREATMENT  in this sentence: During World War I, Marie Curie, with the help of her daughter Irène, devoted herself to the development of the use of X-radiography, including the mobile units which came to be known as ‘Little Curies', used for the TREATMENT of wounded soldiers.

Which word is a synonym for WOUNDED  in this sentence: During World War I, Marie Curie, with the help of her daughter Irène, devoted herself to the development of the use of X-radiography, including the mobile units which came to be known as ‘Little Curies', used for the treatment of WOUNDED soldiers.

Which word is a synonym for OPERATE  in this sentence: In 1918 the Radium Institute, whose staff Irène had joined, began to OPERATE in earnest, and became a centre for nuclear physics and chemistry.

Which word is a synonym for ACCOMPANIED  in this sentence: In 1921, ACCOMPANIED by her two daughters, Marie Curie made a triumphant journey to the United States to raise funds for research on radium.

Which word is a synonym for TRIUMPHANT  in this sentence: In 1921, accompanied by her two daughters, Marie Curie made a TRIUMPHANT journey to the United States to raise funds for research on radium.

Which word is a synonym for OUTSTANDING  in this sentence: One of Marie Curie's OUTSTANDING achievements was to have understood the need to accumulate intense radioactive sources, not only to treat illness but also to maintain an abundant supply for research.

Which word is a synonym for ACCUMULATE  in this sentence: One of Marie Curie's outstanding achievements was to have understood the need to ACCUMULATE intense radioactive sources, not only to treat illness but also to maintain an abundant supply for research.

Which word is a synonym for ABUNDANT  in this sentence: One of Marie Curie's outstanding achievements was to have understood the need to accumulate intense radioactive sources, not only to treat illness but also to maintain an ABUNDANT supply for research.

Which word is a synonym for DECISIVE  in this sentence: The existence in Paris at the Radium Institute of a stock of 1.5 grams of radium made a DECISIVE contribution to the success of the experiments undertaken in the years around 1930.

Which word is a synonym for ARTIFICIAL  in this sentence: This work prepared the way for the discovery of the neutron by Sir James Chadwick and, above all, for the discovery in 1934 by Irène and Frédéric Joliot-Curie of ARTIFICIAL radioactivity.

Which word is a synonym for IMMENSE in this sentence: Her contribution to physics had been IMMENSE, not only in her own work, the importance of which had been demonstrated by her two Nobel Prizes, but because of her influence on subsequent generations of nuclear physicists and chemists.

Which word is a synonym for DEMONSTRATED  in this sentence: Her contribution to physics had been immense, not only in her own work, the importance of which had been DEMONSTRATED by her two Nobel Prizes, but because of her influence on subsequent generations of nuclear physicists and chemists.

Which word is a synonym for SUBSEQUENT  in this sentence: Her contribution to physics had been immense, not only in her own work, the importance of which had been demonstrated by her two Nobel Prizes, but because of her influence on SUBSEQUENT generations of nuclear physicists and chemists.