Level 3948

Level Phrase

MERCURY IS CLOSEST TO THE SUN, BUT VENUS IS HOTTER DUE TO ITS THICK, HEAT-TRAPPING

Questions & Answers

Shorten by cutting away the outer parts

LOP

Who’s a leader of the Vatican?

POPE

Head bone containing the brain

SKULL

Negotiate to get a better deal

HAGGLE

Enclosed light, often used outdoors

LANTERN

The government is __ the new law

REVOKING

Excessively covetous and predatory

RAPACIOUS

She added cornstarch for __ the sauce

THICKENING

Displeased and sulky

DISGRUNTLED

Concerning activities within a household (adv.)

DOMESTICALLY

Too subtle to be observed

IMPERCEPTIBLE

Renowned writer from the Elizabethan era

SHAKESPEARE

He has an __ sense of timing

IMPECCABLE

Moving and emotionally stirring

TOUCHING

Concerning the study of plants

BOTANIC