Wordscapes Level 2790 Answers

HERO

a priestess of Aphrodite at Sestos on the European shore of the Hellespont, whose lover Leander, a youth of Abydos on the opposite shore, swam the strait nightly to visit her. One stormy night he was drowned and Hero in grief threw herself into the sea

HOME

the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household

HOMER

a home run

METRO

an underground railway system in a city, especially Paris

MORE

a greater or additional amount or degree of

MOTE

a tiny piece of a substance; a speck

MOTH

an insect with two pairs of broad wings covered in microscopic scales, typically drably coloured and held flat when at rest. Moths are chiefly nocturnal, and lack the clubbed antennae of butterflies

MOTHER

a woman in relation to her child or children

OTHER

denoting a person or thing that is different or distinct from one already mentioned or known about

ROTE

mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned

TERM

a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study

THEM

used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to two or more people or things previously mentioned or easily identified

TOME

a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one

TORE

commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column