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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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genetics | n: the branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms | |
monk | n: a member of a religious community of men living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience | |
pea | n: a small, round, green vegetable that grows in pods on a climbing plant and is eaten as a vegetable | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
inheritance | n: the money, property, etc., that someone gives you when they die; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from ancestors | |
trait | n: a particular feature of your nature | |
blend | v: to mix or combine two or more substances | |
propose | v: to make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
conceive | v: to have or develop an idea, a plan, etc. in mind; to become pregnant | |
feat | n: a notable or impressive achievement, especially one that requires great skill or bravery | |
disprove | v: to show that something is not true or correct | |
frequent | adj: happening constantly | |
monastery | n: a building or complex of buildings in which members of a male religious community, called monks, live and worship | |
purple | adj: of a color intermediate between red and blue | |
pod | n: a seed case, especially of a leguminous plant such as a pea or bean; a detachable container of something, especially on an airplane | |
stem | n: the central part of something from which other parts can develop or grow; the part of a word common to all its inflected variants; (verb) to grow out of, have roots in, or originate in | |
wrinkle | n: a small line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face; a minor difficulty | |
breed | v: to keep animals for producing offspring in a regulated manner | |
offspring | n: descendant; any immature animal or plant | |
generation | n: all the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively; the production of heat or electricity | |
quarter | n: one of four equal parts; a fourth part or portion | |
grandchild | n: a child of someone’s son or daughter | |
allele | n: any of the alternative forms of a gene that can occupy a given chromosomal location | |
gene | n: the fundamental unit of heredity and the sequence of nucleotides in DNA that codes for the creation of RNA or protein. | |
dominant | adj: more important, influential, or easy to notice than anything else of the same type | |
recessive | adj: of or relating to the state of the economy declines; (of a gene) controlling a characteristic that is expressed only when a dominant allele is not present | |
essentially | adv: relating to the essential features or concepts of anything | |
conclude | v: to come to an end or close; to reach a judgment or opinion by reasoning | |
hereditary | adj: passed down from one generation to another through inheritance | |
outward | adj: relating to the external appearance or surface of something; visible | |
unexpressed | adj: not spoken or written about; not revealed | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
modern | adj: of or belonging to the present time or recent times | |
skip | v: to move along lightly and quickly, making a step from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce; to intentionally fail to do something which would normally do | |
cult | n: a small religious group, especially one that is not part of a larger religion and that is regarded as outside the norm; followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | |
approximately | adv: close to a specific number or time but not exactly that number or time | |
strike | v: to wallop somebody or something with the hand, fist, or weapon; to have an emotional or cognitive impact upon | |
suspect | v: to consider anything to be actual or probable | |
prey | n: the object of a hunt; an animal hunted or trapped for eating | |
confirmation | n: a statement, often written, that shows that something is true, correct, or definite | |
bias | n: a strong feeling in favor of or against one group of people, an idea, or thing, often not based on fair judgment | |
largely | adv: virtually entirely; to a large degree | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
lifetime | n: the duration of someone’s life or something’s existence; | |
obscurity | n: the state of being hard to see or understand; lack of clarity or distinction | |
botany | n: the scientific study of plants | |
rediscover | v: to discover or find again something that was previously known but lost |