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Vocabulary words used in biotechnology

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Criteria   a principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided.  
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Resources   a place or thing that provides something useful  
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Smart   having or showing a quick-witted intelligence.  
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Long-Term   occurring over or relating to a long period of time.  
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Psychic Income   the non-monetary or non-material satisfactions that accompany an occupation or economic activity.  
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Worst-Case Scenario   Worst possible environment or outcome out of the several possibilities in planning or simulation.  
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Values   a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.  
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Immediate Goal   A goal you have immediately after doing something  
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Short-Term   occurring in or relating to a relatively short period of time.  
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Talent Area   Where you have a specific area of talent  
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Momentum   the impetus gained by a moving object.  
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Tangible   perceptible by touch.  
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Inertia   a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged.  
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Ways and means   the methods and resources at someone's disposal for achieving something.  
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Matrix   an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure.  
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Prime   of first importance; main.  
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Procastination   the action of delaying or postponing something.  
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Portability   the quality or state of being portable  
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Prioritization   To arrange or deal with in order of importance.  
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Professional   (of a person) engaged in a specified activity as one's main paid occupation rather than as a pastime.  
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Personal   of, affecting, or belonging to a particular person rather than to anyone else.  
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Important   of great significance or value; likely to have a profound effect on success, survival, or well-being.  
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Qualifier   a person or team that qualifies for a competition or its final rounds.  
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Urgent   (of a state or situation) requiring immediate action or attention.  
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Time Management   the ability to use one's time effectively or productively, especially at work.  
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Accountability   the fact or condition of being accountable; responsibility.  
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Coherence   the quality of being logical and consistent.  
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Self-Responsibility   a concept of holistic health by which individuals assume responsibility for their own health.  
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Fear   an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.  
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   any expectation, positive or negative, about a situation or event that affects an individual behavior in such a manner that it causes that expectation to be fulfilled.  
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Conceit   excessive pride in oneself.  
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Resilient   able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions  
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Surface Analysis   A procedure in which a computer program writes a series of test characters onto a magnetic data storage medium and then reads them back to determine the location of any flaws in the medium.  
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Doubt   a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction.  
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Self-Concept   the idea that you have about the kind of person you are  
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Action   the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.  
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Self-Determination   the freedom to make your own choices  
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Desire   a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.  
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Anxiety   a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.  
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Pygmalion   a type of self-fulfilling prophecy where if you think something will happen, you may unconsciously make it happen through your actions or inaction.  
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Reference   the action of mentioning or alluding to something.  
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Peer   look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something.  
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Affective   Influenced by or resulting from the emotions.  
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Symbiotic   A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.  
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Condescend   show feelings of superiority; be patronizing.  
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Psychosomatic   of or relating to the interaction of mind and body.  
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Role Model   a person looked to by others as an example to be imitated.  
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Behavioral   involving, relating to, or emphasizing behavior.  
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Tunnel Vision   defective sight in which objects cannot be properly seen if not close to the center of the field of view.  
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Aptitude   a natural ability to do something.  
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Attitude   a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior.  
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Cognitive   of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)  
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