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February
Vocab
Term | Definition |
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nutrients | substances that provide nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life |
equitable | fair and impartial |
spoilage | the action of spoiling, especially the deterioration of food and perishable goods |
comprehensive | complete: including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something |
terminal | a disease predicted to lead to death, especially slowly; incurable |
stereotypes | widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a particular type of person or thing |
organisms | animal, plant, or single-celled life form |
cardiologist | a doctor who specializes in the study or treatment of heart diseases and heart abnormalities |
intrinsic | belonging naturally; essential |
legumes | a seed, pod, or other edible part of a leguminous plant, used as food |
mentees | a person who is advised, trained, or counseled by a mentor |
balmy | pleasantly warm |
incentive | a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something |
environmentalists | people who are concerned with or advocate the protection of the environment |
naysayers | people who criticize, object to, or oppose something |
slur | a disparaging remark or a slight |
germaphobe | a person with an extreme fear of germs and an obsession with cleanliness |
repercussions | an unintended consequence occurring sometime after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one |
sanitize | make clean and hygienic; disinfect |
extrinsic | not part of the essential of someone or something; coming or operating from outside |
stroke | a sudden disabling attack or loss of consciousness caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain |
greenhouse gas emissions | any gas that has the property of absorbing infrared radiation (net heat energy) emitted from Earth's surface and reradiating it back to Earth's surface |