Wordscapes Level 456 Answers

AIR - The atmospheric substance above the surface of the earth which animals breathe, formerly considered to be a single substance, one of the four basic elements of ancient philosophy and one of the five basic elements of Eastern traditions.

ART - Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.

GAS - Matter in a state intermediate between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly.

ITS - The one (or ones) belonging to it.

RAT - A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

RIG - The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.

SIR - A man of a higher rank or position.

SIT - To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.

TAG - A small label.

TAR - A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.

TIS - Plural of til.

GIT - A contemptible person.

STAR - Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless portion of the night sky, especially with a fixed location relative to other such dots.

STIR - To change the place of in any manner; to move.

GAIT - Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.

GRIT - Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.

GIST - The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter).

STAG - An adult male deer.

STAIR - A single step in a staircase.

GRATIS - Free, without charge.