Vocab Ch 56-60

Question 1

ergonomics

Answer 1

design of environments so people can work efficiently and comfortably

Question 2

keyhole surgery

Answer 2

medical operation in which a very small hole is made in a person’s body to reach the organ or tissue inside

Question 3

the human genome

Answer 3

the ‘map’ or index of all the genes in a human being

Question 4

designer babies

Answer 4

babies whose genetic characteristics are artificially created

Question 5

global village

Answer 5

a single community covering the whole world

Question 6

gulp

Answer 6

gap/difference

Question 7

biomass

Answer 7

dead plant and animal material suitable for uising as fuel

Question 8

geothermal

Answer 8

using the heat inside the earth

Question 9

gas-guzzler

Answer 9

one that uses a lot of fuel

Question 10

food miles

Answer 10

distance food is transported from where it is produced to when it reaches the consumer

Question 11

extensive

Answer 11

occupying a lot of space - big

Question 12

poky

Answer 12

insufficient space

Question 13

to be hemmed in

Answer 13

to be surrounded by people and not able to move

Question 14

bustiling

Answer 14

lots of people busily moving around

Question 15

isn’t enough room to swing a cat

Answer 15

very small (room) (expr.)

Question 16

once in a blue moon

Answer 16

very infrequently (expr.)

Question 17

all his born days

Answer 17

all his life (expr.)

Question 18

in a tick/jiffy

Answer 18

very soon (expr.)

Question 19

for donkey’s years / since the year dot

Answer 19

for a long time (expr.)

Question 20

till the crows come home

Answer 20

for ever (expr.)

Question 21

for keeps

Answer 21

to keep for ever (expr.)

Question 22

in the nick of time

Answer 22

only just in time (expr.)

Question 23

over the hill / past it

Answer 23

too old (expr.)

Question 24

a has-been

Answer 24

person who is no longer famous (expr.)

Question 25

at a rate of knots

Answer 25

very quickly (expr.)

Question 26

transient

Answer 26

lasting for only a short time

Question 27

inexorable

Answer 27

continuing without hope of being stopped

Question 28

incipient

Answer 28

just beginning

Question 29

protracted

Answer 29

lasting for a long time or made to last longer