Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Vocabulary Test - Words from September to December 1/14/11

1. Biovorous - An organism that can convert biological material into energy for sustenance.

2. Biostasis - A state in which the cell's and tissue structure of an organism are preserved so that they can be restored again with the help of cell repair machines.

3. Abiotic stress - The non-living environmental factors like drought, extreme cold, heat, high winds that has negative effects on the organisms in a specific environment.

4. Anaerobe - The organisms that thrive and grow in an environment without oxygen.

5. Cytology - The branch of science under life science that deals with the study of cell structure. 6 .
astonish- to surprise greatly; amaze

7. conscience- the sense within you that tells you when you are doing right or wrong

8. encounter- to meet by chance; an unexpected meeting; to be faced with

9. hoarse- rough and deep sounding; having a harsh voice

10. novel – an often long, and usually complex fictional story.

11. Personification: is giving human traits (qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics) to non-living objects (things, colors, qualities, or ideas).

For example: The window winked at me. The verb, wink, is a human action. A window is a non-living object.

12.Metaphor: is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.

13.Simile: is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."

14.Imagery: involves one or more of your five senses (hearing, taste, touch, smell, sight).

15.Repetition: is when you have a word and use it more than once.

16. Agnostic - a person who says that it is impossible for human beings to know or to prove the existence of God.

17. Schism - a split, as in the split between the Western and Eastern Orthodox churches.

18. Prophet - a person called by God to speak for him.

19. Epistle - a letter; in the New Testament there are twenty-one epistles.

20. Consecration - the part of the Eucharistic prayer when, by the power of the Holy Spirit and through the words and actions of the priest, the bread and wine become the Body and Blood of Christ
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21. adapt - to adjust oneself to different conditions

22. collaboration - working together on a project

23. conclusion - a result outcome

24. algebraic equation - statement of the equality of two expressions formulated by applying to a set of variables the algebraic operations

25. constraints - limitation or restriction

26. camouflage- a disguise that helps to hide

27. reservoir- a place where water is collected and stored

28. silhouette- the outline of a person or thing

29. image- a picture of something

30. commotion- noisy confusion

31. Accelerate - to speed up

32. Accelerator - a machine which accelerates charged particles to high energies

33. Antimatter - matter that is exactly the opposite in every way from its matter counterpart: antiquark/quark; positron/electron

34. Atom - the smallest unit of a chemical element, made up of a nucleus surrounded by electrons

35. Beam - a ray of light; a group of particles traveling together along a well-defined path

36. Discrimination - treatment based on class or category rather than individual merit.

37. Disenfranchised - deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote

38. Disparities – lack of equality.

39. Dispute - a disagreement or argument about something important

40. Distributor – a firm that sells and delivers merchandise to retail stores or acts as an
intermediary in business.

41. Multiple - A number that is the product of a given number and any whole number.

42. Mixed Number - A number that is made up of a whole number and a fraction.

43. Conjunction - A compound statement formed by joining two statements with the connective and.

44. Composite Number - A whole number greater than 1 that has more than two factors.

45. Capacity - The amount, usually of liquid, a container can hold.

46. Canonize: To declare somebody as a saint.

47. Beseech: To ask earnestly or beg somebody to do something.

48. Memoir: a biography or an account of historical events, especially one written from personal knowledge.

49. Orthodox: a follower of traditional or established beliefs or rules, or a member of an Orthodox denomination.

50. Persist: to continue steadily or obstinately despite problems, difficulties, or obstacles.


51. ambition- a desire to achieve a goal; longing for a position of power

52. debris- scattered fragments; ruins; garbage

53. ineffective- not producing the intended effect; incapable

54. pneumonia- a serious lung infection that can cause lung inflammation,

high fever, and difficulty breathing.

55. temptation- something one strongly wants, but maybe shouldn’t have.