PrepScholar Top 150 Words Flashcards
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Adhere
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stick completely to a surface or substance / believe in and
follow the practices of
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Aloof
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not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant
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Ambiguous
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open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning
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Analyze
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examine in detail, typically for purposes of explanation and
interpretation
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Anecdote
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short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or
person
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Antagonize
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cause someone to become hostile
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Anticipate
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regard as probable; expect or predict
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Apprehensive
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anxious or fearful that something bad will happen
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Arcane
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mysterious or secret
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Assert
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state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
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Assess
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evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of
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Attribute
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regard something as being caused by someone or something
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Bear
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endure an ordeal or difficulty
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Befall
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(of something bad) happen to someone
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Burgeon
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begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish
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Coherent
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logical and consistent
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Compassion
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concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
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Compensate
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make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant by exerting an
opposite force or effect
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Complement
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a thing that completes or brings to perfection a larger whole
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Compose
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- write or create
- constitute, make up (composition, composed
of)
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Condescending
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having or showing a feeling of superiority
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Consecutive
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following continuously; in unbroken or logical sequence
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Contour
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an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or
form of something
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Contract
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decrease in size, number, or range
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Correlate
have a mutual relationship or connection (corollary, correlated)
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Corollary
a direct or natural consequence or result
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Critical
1. expressing disapproving comments
2. expressing/involving an analysis of merits or faults of something
3. involving objective analysis & evaluation of an issue to form a judgment
4. situation having the potential to become disastrous
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Cumbersome
1. large/heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use
2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient
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Deficit
the amount by which something is too small
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Demean
cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for someone or something
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Depict
show or represent
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Determine
1. cause something to occur in a particular way; be the decisive
factor in
2. ascertain or establish exactly, typically as a result of research or calculation
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Devoid
entirely lacking or free from
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Differentiate
1. recognize or ascertain what makes ___ different
2. identify differences between two or more things
3. make ___ appear different or distinct
4. make or become different in the
process of growth or development
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Diffuse
spread out over a large area; not concentrated
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Digress
leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing
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Diminish
make or become less
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Discrepancy
a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts
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(Dis)/inclined
(un)/willing or positive (neg) about an action, belief, or attitude
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Dismay
consternation and distress, typically that caused by something
unexpected
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Disposition
1. a person's inherent qualities of mind and character
2. an inclination or tendency
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Dynamic
characterized by constant change, activity, or progress
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Eclipse
a loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another
person or thing
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Emerge
become apparent, important, or prominent
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Engage
1. occupy, attract, or involve interest/ attention
2. cause someone to become involved in
3. participate or become
involved in
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Engross
absorb all the attention or interest of
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Ethereal
extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this
world
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Evolve
develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form
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Exploit
1. make full use of and derive benefit from
2. use a situation or
person in an unfair or selfish way
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Facilitate
make an action or process easy or easier
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Feign
pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury
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Fleeting
lasting for a very short time
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Glaring
extremely obvious or conspicuous
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Hardship
severe suffering or deprivation
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Hurtle
move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in an uncontrolled manner
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Immerse
involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or interest / dip or
submerge in a liquid
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Imminent
about to happen
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(Im)mobile
(un)able to move or be moved freely or easily
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Impervious
unable to be affected by
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Incendiary
1. tending to stir up conflict
2. designed to cause fires
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Incompetant
not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
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(In)conceivable
(un) capable of being imagined or grasped mentally
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(In)dissoluble
(not) able to be dissolved, loosened, or disconnected
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Inevitable
certain to happen; unavoidable
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Infer
deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning
rather than from clear statements
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Integrate
combine one thing with another so that they become a whole
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Intuition
the ability to understand something immediately, a 'gut feeling'
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Justify
1. show or prove to be right or reasonable
2. be a good reason for
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Lack
be without or deficient in
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Latent
existing but not yet developed or obvious; hidden; concealed
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Lethargic
sluggish and apathetic
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Mere
used to emphasize how small or insignificant __ is
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Minute
extremely small
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Mishap
an unlucky accident
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Nostalgia
a sentimental longing or affection for the past
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Notion
a conception of or belief about something
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Obsolete
no longer produced or used; out of date
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Obstruct
to be or get in the way of; prevent; hinder
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Omit
leave out or exclude __ either intentionally or
forgetfully
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Orient
align or position something relative to a known point or landmark
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Paradox
something w/ sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from
acceptable premises leads to a conclusion that seems senseless,
logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory
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Pensive
engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought
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Peril
serious and immediate danger
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Perpetual
occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and
uninterrupted
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Ponder
think about something carefully
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Potent
having great power, influence, or effect
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Precede
1. come before __ in time
2. come before in order or position
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Predate
exist or occur at a date earlier than something
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Principle
a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for
a system of belief or behavior
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Proficient
competent or skilled in doing or using something
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Profound
1. very great or intense 2. having or showing great knowledge or
insight
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Pungent
having an intensely strong taste or smell
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Redundant
not or no longer needed or useful
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Reflect
1. to bounce off light/sound w/o absorption
2. show an image of
3. represent something in an appropriate way
4. to bring about a good/bad impression
5. to think deeply about
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Relevant
closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand
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Resent
feel bitterness or slight anger at a circumstance, action, or person
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Revive
1. to regain life, consciousness, or strength
2. to restore interest in or the popularity of
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Rudimentary
1. involving or limited to basic principles
2. of or relating to an
immature, undeveloped, or basic form
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Sensory
of or relating to sensation or the physical senses; transmitted or
perceived by the senses
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Skeptical
not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations
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Solemn
formal and dignified; serious
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Static
lacking in movement, action, or change
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Superlative
of the highest quality or degree
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Sustainable
1. able to be maintained at a certain rate or level 2. conserving an
ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources
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Trait
a distinguishing quality or characteristic
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(Un)realized
(to not) give actual or physical form to
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Void
a completely empty space
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Wholly
entirely; fully
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Abundant
existing or available in large quantities; plentiful
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Altitude
the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level
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Atribute
a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of
someone or something
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Characterisitic
typical of a particular person, place, or thing
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Combustion
the process of burning something
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Conduct
transmit a form of energy such as heat or electricity
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Correspond
have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly
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Decelerate
reduce the speed of; lose velocity; move more slowly
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Deposition
the process of some substance being naturally deposited
somewhere
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Distinguish
recognize or treat (someone or something) as different
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Efficient
being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; able to
accomplish a purpose
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Emit
give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation,
vapor, etc.
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Erode
remove soil or rock; become ground down or deteriorate
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Evolution
process where __ passes by degrees to a different stage- especially more advanced/ mature stage
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Exert
put to use; make a great effort at a mental or physical task
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Exhibit
show an attribute/property/knowledge/ skill; to show, make visible or apparent
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Fuse
mix together different elements; join
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Gauge
measure precisely and against a standard; determine the capacity,
volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation
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Generalize
draw from specific cases for more general cases
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Given
specified or stated
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Hypothesis
tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that's not verified but if true would explain certain facts/phenomena
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Incremental
increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions
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Intact
undamaged in any way; whole
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Interval
distance between things; definite length of time marked off by two instants
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Larvae
active immature form of an insect, especially one that differs
greatly from the adult and forms the stage between egg and pupa
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Latter
the second of two or the second mentioned of two
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Mass
the quantity of matter that something contains
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Maturation
coming to full development
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Onset
the beginning/early stages
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Precipitation
the falling to earth of any form of water (rain/snow/ hail/sleet/mist)
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Prolong
lengthen or extend in duration or space
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Direct Proportion
increase in one causes an increase in the other
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Inverse Proportion
as one increases, the other decreases
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Residual
relating to or indicating a remainder; something left after other parts have been taken away
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Solution
homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently a liquid
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Substrate
1. any substance or layer lying underneath another 2. surface on which an organism grows or is attached
3. the substance that is
acted upon by an enzyme or ferment
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Trial
a specific experiment or set of experiments within a larger context
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Uniform
1. evenly spaced
2. always the same
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Variable
in an experiment: an element, feature, or factor that's changed within the experiment to determine its effects
