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Sponges do this well
absorb
Slang for getting really angry; "go _______"
ballistic
Biggest country in North America
Canada
Describes a verb
adverb
Improvised shelter
bivouac
Comforting chocolate drink
cocoa
Keep your cool; "to have great ______"
aplomb
Lowest ecological region of a body of water; i.e. the _______ zone
benthic
Stout bodied-insect, known for loud droney singing. Adults of some species only emerge every 13 or 17 years.
cicada
Regional organisation of countries in and around North Africa, Horn of Africa and Arabia. "The _____ League"
Arab
Sea that includes the Gulf of Finland and the Gulf of Riga
Baltic
If you've seen a total solar eclipse you've seen one of these!
corona
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The exact opposite of a snob
anti-snob
A kind of acid
butyric or boric
Penultimate pharoah of Egypt who tried to maintain Egypt's independence from Rome; celebrated in film and theatre from Shakespeare to the Academy Awards.
Cleopatra
Speak or perform without previous preparation; improvise verbally
ad-lib
Relating to bibliography, e.g. __________ records
bibliographic
First reported sighting of this cryptid was in Puerto Rico in 1995; translates to "goat-sucker".
chupacabra
Jihadist fundamentalist group operating in Somalia/Yemen; claimed responsibility for the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi
Al-Shabaab
Economic grouping of Brazil, Russia, India and China
BRIC
Fear of being enclosed in a small space
claustrophobia
Hebrew name. One of these folks married Jezebel, and one chased a whale.
Ahab
Programming language that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014; this word also means 'not fancy,' or 'pH less than 7'