Wordscapes Level 4568 Answers

ACADEMY

a place of study or training in a special field

ACE

a playing card with a single spot on it, ranked as the highest card in its suit in most card games

ACME

the point at which something is at its best or most highly developed

AYE

said to express assent; yes

CAD

a man who behaves dishonourably, especially towards a woman

CAM

a projection on a rotating part in machinery, designed to make sliding contact with another part while rotating and impart reciprocal or variable motion to it

CAME

each of a number of strips forming a framework for enclosing a pane of glass, especially in a leaded window

CAY

a low bank or reef of coral, rock, or sand, especially one on the islands in Spanish America

DAM

a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply

DAME

(in the UK) the title given to a woman with the rank of Knight Commander or holder of the Grand Cross in the Orders of Chivalry

DAY

each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a week, month, or year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis

DECAY

(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi

DYE

a natural or synthetic substance used to add a colour to or change the colour of something

MACE

a staff of office, especially that which lies on the table in the House of Commons when the Speaker is in the chair, regarded as a symbol of the authority of the House

MAD

mutual (or mutually) assured destruction

MADE

produced by a manufacturing process

MEAD

an alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water

YAM

the edible starchy tuber of a climbing plant that is widely grown in tropical and subtropical countries

YEA

yes