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Johnny went to buy some Miracle Gro so his soil would be more _______ and thus yield more and better crops.
What is “fertile”?
A long period without rain.
What is (a) drought?
Change the verb “to erode” into a noun.
What is erosion?
The opposite of contract.
What is (to) expand?
The streets were ______ with people.
(a) teaming (b) teeming
What is (b) teeming?
“Can you please _______ on your response?” The teacher requested. “I’m not sure exactly what you mean.”
What is “expand”?
To be made up; to contain.
What is (to) consist?
The noun form of the verb “expand”.
What is “expansion”?
The opposite of full.
What is “famished”?
A _______ can sit in the British House of Lords.
(a) barren (b) baron
What is (b) baron?
You would likely need to travel kilometers across a desert before coming to an _______. And, even then, it might be a mirage!
What is “oasis”?
To wear away bit by bit.
What is (to) erode?
The opposite of “fertile” using a prefix.
What is “infertile”?
The opposite of new/innovative.
What is “primitive”?
(a) minor (b) miner
What is (a) minor?
Canada is home to millions of ________ who fled their home countries due to persecution and danger.
What is “refugees”?
A widespread and long-lasting shortage of food.
What is (a) famine?
The adjective form of the noun “famine”.
What is “famished”?
The opposite of retain.
What is (to) revert?
I put my coat on the ______, but it slipped off.
(a) hanger (b) hangar
What is (a) hanger?
I forgot my plant out in the sun for a week while I was away. By the time I returned, it had ______ and died.
What is “withered”?
From earliest times/ancient.
What is “primitive”?
The noun form of the adjective “bare”, meaning ”empty”.
The opposite of empty.
What is “teeming”?
The aircraft was wheeled out of the ______.
(a) hanger (b) hangar
What is (b) hangar?