vocab from practice Michigan readings Flashcards
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vigorous
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very strong, active
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implement
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start using something, put something into practice
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intention
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plan, desire, willingness to do something
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odds
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probability
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accomplish
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succeed
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committed
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determined not to give up
7
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stick with
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to keep trying to do something, not abandon
8
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paleo
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ancient, very old
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subsist
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survive with barely enough to eat
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plague
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widespread sickness, problem
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painstakingly
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with great trouble
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reveal
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show, expose
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unearth
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dig out of the earth
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grind
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to break into tiny pieces by rubbing
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demanding
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asking for a lot of work
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surge
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to increase quickly
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downside
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a disadvantage
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chronic
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over a long period of time
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consume
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to eat or use up (like “consume fat and protein”)
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wizardry
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magic, something amazing
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infect
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to give someone a disease
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effective
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describes something that works well
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isolate
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to put something by itself or alone
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purify
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to make something pure
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alleviate
to make something easier
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extract
to pull something out
| like "extract a tooth" or "extract some information"
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impact
to hit or collide
28
immeasureable
too big to measure
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extreme
out of the ordinary, really big/fast/exciting
30
thrill
excitement
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suspend
to hang in the air
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reveal
to expose, to show
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rate
speed, amount per time
34
collision
when two things collide or crash
| especially cars
35
fracture
break (especially "fracture a bone")
36
suspect
believe that something is true (but you don't have proof yet)
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hasten
to hurry up, make something faster
38
onset
beginning
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degenerative
describes a disease that gets worse over time
40
track
to follow or collect information
41
eventually
over time, in the end, finally
42
provide
give someone something they need, like
| "provide information" or "provide help"
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accelerate
speed up
44
isolated
alone, remote
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vital
very important
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toxic
poisonous
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harmful
causing damage
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contaminated
polluted, dirty
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pristine
perfectly clean
50
release
to let something go
51
abandon
to give up, to leave
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accumulate
to pile up large amounts of something
53
defect
damage, flaw, weakness
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adverse
harmful, opposing, hurting someone
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paleontologist
someone who studies dinosaurs or ancient life
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massive
huge, very large
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precise
exact, correct
58
coincidence
two things that happen at the same time by chance,
| they are not related but they seem to be related
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noxious
poisonous, toxic
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intensify
to become more intense, stronger
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trigger
to start something
| (like the trigger of a gun starts the gun shooting)
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reconcile
to bring 2 ideas/people into agreement
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endanger
to put in danger
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overwhelm
to be too much to handle
| example: I feel overwhelmed
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swell
to get big
| example: the crowd swelled
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steadiliy
without stopping or changing
| "get steadily larger" means "get larger and larger, without stopping"
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owing to
because of
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quicken
get faster
69
excess
too much of something
70
trap
to catch someone or something
71
expand
to get bigger
72
projection
an idea about what will happen in the future
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unavoidable
cannot be avoided
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virtually
almost (example: virtually all)
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vast
huge
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vary
to be different over time
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stable
steady, consistent, not changing
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migrate
to move from one place to another
| example people migrate from one country to another
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innate
inborn, something you know how to do without being taught
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data
information
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observe
get information by watching
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incessant
without stopping or pausing
83
lack
NOT having something
| example: a lack of manners
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constantly
all of the time
85
cognitive
relating to the brain
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a range of
a variety of, different kinds of
| example: the restaraunt had a range of dishes
87
prone to
likely to do something
88
urge
NOUN: something you really want to do
VERB: to encourage someone to do something
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mere
small, unimportant
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challenge
to argue against an idea
| OR to get into a fight with someone
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simulation
imitating a process
| for example: a computer simulation of traffic can teach us about how traffic jams work
92
paradigm
a set of ideas about how the world works
| example: the discovery of gravity caused a new paradigm.
