144 | June• 2018
WORD POWER
1.amoral–[B]outsidethescopeof
moraljudgement.Awildanimal
is an amoral creature that simply
followsitsnaturalinstincts,withno
capacity to discern good from evil.
2.monolingual–[A]speaking
onelanguage.Asamonolingual
English-speaker, James was unable
tofollowtheconversationinItalian.
3.neonate–[A]newborn.DrJane
Atkinson asked her marine biology
students to count the neonates in
the sea-lion colony.
4.bigamy–[A]marriagetomore
than one person. We were shocked
to learn that our grandfather had
been jailed for bigamy.
5.geostationary–[C]matching
theEarth’srotation.Inorderto
preventsignalloss,thesatellites
remained in geostationary orbit
above the base.
6.dysfunction– [A] abnormal
working. Sidney blamed family
dysfunction in his childhood for
the problems he experienced later
in his life.
7.hexadecimal–[A]ofa
numbersystemwithabaseof16.
Hexadecimalnumeralsareusedin
computer programming because it’s
easytoconvertthemintobinary.
8.sociopathy–[B]antisocial
personality disorder. Donald’s
bullying behaviour indicated a
certain level of sociopathy.
9.periglacial–[B]ofanareanextto
aglacier.Irisgazedovertheboulder-
strewn periglacial landscape,
marvelling at its beauty.
10.meritocracy–[C]grouprunby
the most accomplished and talented.
hecompanywasn’tameritocracy;
instead, the older employees were
incharge,andhadnoregardfor the
ability of younger workers.
11.bioluminescence–[A]
productionoflightbyliving
organisms. Glow worms
are an enchanting example
of bioluminescence.
12.quadraphonic–[C]using
four sound channels. Jay stood
admiring the resonance of his new
quadraphonic speaker system.
13.liposuction–[A]removaloffat.
Liposuction is a form of cosmetic
surgery that is very popular with
celebrities.
14.biodiversity–[B]variety
of life forms in a speciic area.
Rainforests provide the conditions
for the greatest biodiversity of any
ecosystemontheplanet.Answers
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