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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
characteristic | n: a typical feature or quality that can identify, tell apart, or describe something or somebody | |
calculate | v: to judge or find out the amount or number of something by using mathematics | |
probabilistic | adj: characterized by the influence of chance or probability; involving the use of statistical models or methods to estimate likelihoods or risks | |
specific | adj: clearly defined or particular to a certain thing or situation; distinct, explicit, and precise | |
trait | n: a particular feature of your nature | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
disease | n: a disorder or illness that affects the body or mind, often characterized by specific symptoms or abnormal functioning of organs or systems | |
descendant | n: children or offspring of a specific person, plant, or animal | |
monk | n: a member of a religious community of men living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
breed | v: to keep animals for producing offspring in a regulated manner | |
pea | n: a small, round, green vegetable that grows in pods on a climbing plant and is eaten as a vegetable | |
monastery | n: a building or complex of buildings in which members of a male religious community, called monks, live and worship | |
discovery | n: the act or process of finding information, a place, or an object, or learning about something that was previously not known | |
principle | n: a fundamental law or truth that explains or controls how something happens or works | |
classic | adj: judged or deserving to be regarded as one of the best or most important of its kind over a period of time; of a well-known type | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
purebred | adj: belonging to a specific breed, type, or strain of animal, particularly a dog or horse, that has been selectively bred for specific traits over several generations | |
seed | n: a small, hard, often round, a reproductive structure that contains a plant’s genetic material and is capable of growing into a new plant | |
dominant | adj: more important, influential, or easy to notice than anything else of the same type | |
hybrid | adj: composed of different elements or mixed characters | |
fertilize | v: to cause an egg, female animal, or plant to develop by joining sperm from the male with them; to add a natural or chemical substance to land to make plants grow well | |
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 | |
infer | v: to form an opinion or conclude that something is true based on existing facts | |
allele | n: any of the alternative forms of a gene that can occupy a given chromosomal location | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
variation | n: the act or state of changing; a difference or change in the way something is done, made or said | |
homozygous | adj: possessing identical alleles for a particular gene, having inherited the same version of the gene from both parents | |
identical | adj: being the exact same one | |
heterozygous | adj: possessing different alleles for a particular gene, having inherited different versions of the gene from each parent | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
genotype | n: the genetic constitution of an individual organism; the inherited collection of genes that determine an organism’s traits and characteristics | |
phenotype | n: the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an individual organism that result from the interaction between its genetic makeup and the environment in which it lives | |
visualize | v: to form a mental image or concept of something; to make something visible | |
distribute | v: to give something to a large number of individuals, or to spread or furnish something | |
diagram | n: a simplified illustration of the appearance, structure, or workings of something | |
ax | n: a tool with a metal blade that is usually attached to a wooden handle and is used for chopping wood or other materials | |
uppercase | n: the capital form of a letter in a written or printed text; text or writing that is predominantly or exclusively in capital letters | |
lowercase | n: a letter or typeface that is small in size and typically sits below the baseline of a line of text; opposite of uppercase | |
overpower | v: to conquer or establish complete control over someone by using superior strength | |
proportion | n: a part, share, or amount of something considered in comparative relation to a whole | |
wrinkle | n: a small line or fold in something, especially fabric or the skin of the face; a minor difficulty | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
genetics | n: the branch of biology that studies genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms |