Wordscapes Level 5130 Answers

FEE

a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services

FERN

a flowerless plant which has feathery or leafy fronds and reproduces by spores released from the undersides of the fronds. Ferns have a vascular system for the transport of water and nutrients

FIN

a flattened appendage on various parts of the body of many aquatic vertebrates, including fish and cetaceans, and some invertebrates, used for propelling, steering, and balancing

FINE

of very high quality; very good of its kind

FINER

(comparative of `fine') greater in quality or excellence

FIR

an evergreen coniferous tree with upright cones and flat needle-shaped leaves, typically arranged in two rows. Firs are an important source of timber and resins

FIRE

a process in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke; combustion or burning

FREE

able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another

INFER

deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements

REEF

a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea

REF

(in sports) a referee

REFINE

remove impurities or unwanted elements from (a substance), typically as part of an industrial process

REIN

a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving

RIFE

(especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread