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Preperation for science vocab test
Question | Answer |
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adjacent | having a common endpoint or border; next to |
approach | to move or become near or nearer to something or someone |
assert | to state something in a strong or definite way |
assume | to think that something is true but not nowing for sure |
chapter | one of the main sections of a book |
complicated | hard to understand |
concept | an idea of what something |
comprehend | to aunderstand something well |
consist | to be composed or made up of |
consult | to talk about something with someone in order to make a descision |
contribute | to give time, money, or goods to an organization |
criteria | something that is ued as a reason to makea judgement or descision |
define | to explain the meaing of a word, phrase, etc |
derive | to hae something as a source; to come from something |
devote | to commit a solemn act |
distort | to make and object or sound different in a way that generally in unpleasing |
empirical | originationg in or based on observation or experience |
environment | conditions that surround someone or something that influence or affect the growth, health, progress, etc., of something |
establish | to cause something to be widely known or acctepted |
expand | to increase in size range, or amount; to become bigger |
feasible | possible to do |
formulate | to put in a systemized statement or expression |
guarantee | to make a promise that whatever you are selling, doing, etc.,is what you say it is |
ignore | to refuse to show that you hear or see something or someone |
implicit | understood even though it in not clearly stated |
individual | The only person in a group; the only member of a group |
intense | having or showing characteristics in an extreme degree |
involve | to have or include someone or something as a part of something |
magnitude | the size, extent, or importance of something |
mathematics | the science and relationships between numbers, quantities, and shapes |
modify | to change the parts of something while not changing other parts |
shift | to move or cause something or someone to move to different place, position, etc. |
simultaneous | happening, or existing at the same time; exact coincidence |
specify | to name or state explicitly in detail |
status | The rank someone has in a society, group, or organization that determines the amount of power they have |
suffice | to be or provide as much as needed |
technique | a way of doing something by use of specia knowledge or skill |
theory | an idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events |
transmit | to send information, sound, etc. in the form of signals to a radio or television, computer, etc |
usage | the way something is to be used properly |
verbal | relating to speaking in words in any language |
obtain | to gain or attain usually by planned action or effort |
passive | acted upon by external energy; receptive to outside impressions or influences. |
pertinent | related to the thing that is being thought about or discussed |
portion | a part of something that is shared with other people |
precede | to be, go, or come ahead or in front of |
prime | the earliest stage; the chief or best individual or part |
publish | to produce or release for distribution |
range | a series of numbers including the highest and lowest possible amounts |
respective | belonging or relating to each one of the people or things that have been mentioned |
role | a part that someone or something has in a particular activity or situation |
select | chosen from a group to include the best people or things |