TABLES

Each answer is two words (or a compound word), and the second word is “table.” (e.g., A sturdy, rectangular table with block legs at the four corners. Answer: Parsons table.)

Freshman level

1. Young students learn this arithmetic table.

2. King Arthur’s legendary table.

3. A small, low table, usually in front of a sofa.

Graduate level

4. A low table with mirrors where one sits while applying makeup.

5. The patient lies on it during surgery.

6. A square table with folding legs.

Ph.D. level

7. A schedule showing a planned order or sequence.

8. Heavy rain can cause this table to rise.

9. A chart of the chemical elements according to their atomic numbers.

Answers: 1. Multiplication table. 2. Round table. 3. Coffee table. 4. Dressing table (vanity table). 5. Operating table. 6. Card table. 7. Timetable. 8. Water table. 9. Periodic table.

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