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This two-word writ literally means "you shall have the body" and requires authorities to bring a prisoner before a court.
Difficulty: Easy- Mandamus
- Certiorari
- Corpus delicti
- Habeas corpus
In Romeo and Juliet, Mercutio's dying words 'ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man' contain what type of double entendre?
Difficulty: Medium- Visual pun
- Death pun
- Name pun
- Sound pun
This early brain marker, detectable at birth in at-risk infants, shows different auditory evoked responses to speech sounds.
Difficulty: Hard- Auditory brainstem response (ABR)
- Visual evoked potential
- Motor evoked potential
- Somatosensory evoked potential
This word describes the feeling of deep respect and wonder you might experience standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Difficulty: Easy- Awe
- Boredom
- Disgust
- Anger
This breakfast food's name comes from German words meaning "oats" and "mush."
Difficulty: Medium- Cereal
- Porridge
- Granola
- Muesli
This word refers to a boundary or prison area and also means to restrict or keep within limits.
Difficulty: Hard- Confine
- Boundary
- Prison
- Restrict
This word sounds like a location word but means to listen.
Difficulty: Easy- nose / knows
- eye / I
- hear / here
- sea / see
This branch of linguistics studies the rules governing sentence structure and word order in languages.
Difficulty: Medium- Phonology
- Syntax
- Pragmatics
- Etymology
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