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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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ancestor | n: a person from whom one is descended; a forefather | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
ancestry | n: the family or the ethnic descent that you come from | |
baffle | v: to bewilder or perplex someone completely and to be unable to understand or explain something | |
consist | v: to be composed or made up of | |
chromosome | n: a long and string-like DNA molecule containing the part or all of the genetic material of an organism that controls what an animal or plant is like | |
dizzy | adj: having or causing a whirling sensation and not able to keep balance | |
genome | n: the complete set or sequence of genes of a human, animal, plant, or other living things | |
distinct | adj: noticeable from something else of a similar type | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
commerce | n: the activity of buying and selling things, especially on a large scale | |
utilize | v: to use something for a practical purpose in an effective way | |
conception | n: a general idea or belief of what something or someone is like or should be; an understanding of a situation or a principle | |
sperm | n: the reproductive cell produced by a man or male animal | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
muddle | v: to mix up or confuse something; to make a mess of something; to create disorder or chaos | |
identical | adj: being the exact same one | |
swap | v: to give something and receive something in trade | |
sect | n: a group of people who follow a particular religious or philosophical belief system, especially one that is regarded as outside the norm or mainstream | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
recombine | v: to combine or put together again or differently; to cause genetic recombination (= the process by which genetic material is broken and joined to other genetic material) | |
mash | v: to crush or grind something into a soft, wet, pulpy mass; to talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; (noun) a mixture of crushed malt grains and hot water | |
complicated | adj: involving a lot of different things or parts in a way that is difficult to understand or analyze | |
grandparent | n: a parent of one’s father or mother | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
trace | v: to find or discover someone or something that was lost | |
deceased | adj: no longer alive; dead | |
comparison | n: the consideration or examination of the similarities between two or more people or things | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
sequence | n: a series of related events, actions, numbers, etc., which have a particular order | |
specific | adj: clearly defined or particular to a certain thing or situation; distinct, explicit, and precise | |
deem | v: to consider or decide something in a particular way | |
assume | v: to think or accept something to be true without having proof of it; to take or begin to have power; to begin to exhibit a specific quality or appearance | |
indicate | v: to show, point out, or make known something, often through a sign or a symbol; to suggest or imply something without stating it directly | |
descent | n: the act or process of moving downward; a person’s family origins | |
indigenous | adj: someone or something that is native to or occurring naturally in a particular place | |
rev | n: a measure of the rate at which an engine or motor rotates, often expressed in revolutions per minute (RPM); (verb) to increase the number of rotations per minute | |
heritage | n: the culture and traditions that are passed down from previous generations | |
database | n: a large amount of data stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be searched and updated easily | |
ethnicity | n: the cultural characteristics of a particular group, such as language, religion, and traditions, that distinguish them from other groups | |
separate | v: to force, take, or pull apart; mark as different | |
interbreed | v: to breed between different species or varieties | |
contribution | n: the act of giving something, especially money, to a particular cause or organization; a voluntary gift as of money or service or ideas made to some worthwhile cause | |
inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
certainty | n: the state of being certain |