19 Flashcards
deception
deceive
his attempts at deception
controversy
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trick
ways they play tricks on other animals
poisonous
non-poisonous butterflies, that have come to look like poisonous ones
end up
Right, like, there are male frogs who lower their voices and end up sounding bigger than they really are.
territory
So they do that to keep other frogs from invading their territory ?
bid
But there is another company bidding too
Sale
There are risks with pricing too high, the other company might get the sale,
outcomes
game theory creates mathematical models that analyze different conditions like this to predict outcomes.
reinforce
1to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger:
The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty and dumb.
comparison
But the branch of historical linguistics, involves the comparison of several different languages, or the comparison of different stages of a single language.
galaxy
كهكشان
interfere
interfere
lit
Light
1light something ↔ up to give light to a place or to shine light on something:
The flames lit up the sky.
The fountain is lit up at night.
ambient
ambient light.
scatter
, it scatters in all directions
bounce off
Bounce off
give up
Ok, then we might as well give up on optical astronomy and go with radio astronomy.
faint
are extremely faint
pesticide
I like the fact that organic farms don’t use chemical pesticides or anything that can pollute the soil or the water.
Pursue
But if you wish to pursue this further, to my boss. I suggest that you talk
truck
organically grown fruits and vegetables that must be trucked in from California,
marsh
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Salt marsh
tide
The water is salty, there is little shade and the ocean tide comes in and out, constantly flooding the marsh,
Withstand
they are able to withstand highly saline conditions
excrete
Another adaptation to the salty environment is the ability to excrete excess salt back to the environment.
cope
But coping with salt is not the only challenge for plants in the salt marsh.
reddish
Reddish mud
Red
anchor
Anchor
So as you might have guessed, they have developed a means of solidly anchoring themselves into the soil.
Interlock
Interlock
perish
the plants form a kind of colony, a community that will thrive and perish together
resilient
Of course the plants in these colonies also need tough resilient stems above the soil,
Inflate
the cells are always fully inflated,
snap
the plant is able to withstand great pressure befor snapping
wilt
wilt
portrait
Portraiture
Insight
portraits convey the artists’ personal vision, like their feelings and insights about a person.
Nephew
the painting featured her sister and her nephew
catch
What catches your eye first.
Contemplative
contemplate
they make the woman seem very comtemplative
Strike
But what strikes me is the contrasting colors,
Vague
background behind the woman is pretty vague
likeness
resemblance
Honor
We can’t always honor individual requests.
Honor
We can’t always honor individual requests.
Honor
We can’t always honor individual requests.
