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a person’s signature
What is autograph
100
An instrument for measuring air pressure, used especially in weather forecasting
What is barometer
100
funeral director
What is mortician
100
To cause to experience shame, humiliation, or wounded pride; humiliate
What is mortify
100
The sending of money to someone at a distance
What is remittance
200
a straight line through the center of a circle
What is diameter
200
A short, witty poem expressing a single thought or observation
What is epigram
200
The removal and examination of a sample of tissue from a living body for diagnostic purposes
What is biopsy
200
A temporary, conditional pledge of property to a creditor as security for performance of an obligation or repayment of a debt
What is mortgage
200
To fail to include or mention; leave out
What is omit
300
A work of graphic art; having to do with design or handwriting
What is graphic
300
having to do with geometry, which is the branch of mathematics that deals with lines, angles, and shapes
What is geometric
300
Endless life or existence
What is immortality
300
Of or relating to humankind; human
What is mortal
300
An agent sent on a mission to represent or advance the interests of another
What is emissary
400
A design composed of one or more letters, typically the initials of a name, used as an identifying mark; a design made from someone’s initials
What is monogram
400
An instrument that indicates distance traveled by a vehicle
What is odometer
400
An account of a person's life written, composed, or produced by another
What is biography
400
The biography of a person written by that person
What is autobiography
400
To yield or surrender (oneself) to the will or authority of another
What is submit
500
An instrument for measuring temperature, especially one having a graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid, typically mercury or colored alcohol, that expands and rises in the tube as the temperature increases
What is thermometer
500
The outer limits of an area
What is perimeter
500
The science of life and of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and all their subdivis
What is biology
500
A substance, such as penicillin or streptomycin, produced by or derived from certain fungi, bacteria, and other organisms, that can destroy or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. Antibiotics are widely used in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
What is antibiotic
500
Consent, especially formal consent; authorization
What is permission
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