Level 297

Topic :

Fauna

Full Phrase :

The cuckoos do not only plant their eggs into other birds’ nests, but also make sure the egg remains there. If the host bird rejects the cuckoo’s egg, the cuckoo returns to destroy the nest and kill all the chicks

Level Phrase

THE CUCKOO RETURNS TO DESTROY THE NEST AND KILL ALL THE CHICKS

Questions & Answers

Pizza base

CRUST

__ art thyself, though not a Montague

THOU

Central theme or tone

KEYNOTE

He’s quite a __ carpenter, he knows everything about it

SKILLED

Flimsy, very weak

TENUOUS

She failed to __ sarcasm in his words

DETECT

To swerve, veer (about a boat)

SHEER

(syn.) Defamation, libel

SLANDER

Don’t count your chickens before they __

HATCH

__ engine, __ fuel, __ price

DIESEL

Orange-red color

SCARLET

(syn.) Stunned, surprised

SHOCKED

Both the Greek language and a river have it

DELTA

(syn.) To loosen, relax

SLACKEN

I guess we’ll have to start from __

SCRATCH

(syn.) Immature, infantile

CHILDISH

(plural) Spider’s art

NETS

(syn.) Uncalled-for, unwarranted

UNDUE

To give something a shot

TRY

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