Vocabulary Knowledge Flashcards
Tarnish
- Lose lustre or shine in result of exposure to air or moisture.
- Make something or become less valuable or respected
Impulse
- A sudden strong and unreflective urge or desire to act.
Stimulation (biology)
Raising of levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body or any biological system.
Physiology
Study of the function of the body.
Anatomy
Study of the structure of the body.
Biology
The branch of science encompassing the study of life 🧬
Hereditary
Biological inheritance of physical, biological or behavioural traits from parent to off-spring.
Science
Study of the structure and behaviour of physical and natural world through observations and experimentation.
Chemistry
Branch of science encompassing a substance’s properties and chemical behaviours through reactions.
Encompassing
Surrounding or holding within
Comprehensive
Including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.
Synthesis
Combination of components or elements to form a connected whole.
Degradation
Lowers the quality of something or causes something to get progressively worse.
Coherent
- Logical and consistent.
- Forming a unified whole.
Conceptualizing
Forming a concept or idea of something.
Composition
- The nature of something’s ingredients and how the thing is made up.
- Creative piece of work.
Constituent
A component part of something
Hypothesis
A proposed explanation made on a phenomenon or an answer to a question that has a complex answer.
Research question
Similar to the hypothesis, is also a starting point of an investigation, however, it only asks for explanation.
Phenomenon
- Remarkable person or thing
- A fact or situation that is observed and is difficult to understand or explain completely.
Equilibrium
State of balance where opposing forces and influences are equal.
Exertion
The application of force, influence or quality.
Sequester
Isolate or hide away.
Sieze
Take hold of, suddenly, or by force.
Commandeer
Take possession by force.
Nationalism
identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion of the interests of other nations
Detriment
State of being harmed or damaged.
Prejudice
Bias or preconceived opinion, idea or belief.
Preconcieved
Formed before having the evidence for its truth or usefulness.
Intolerance
Unwillingness to accept views, beliefs or behaviour that differ from one’s own.
Condescending
Having or showing an attitude of patronizing superiority.
Patronizing
Apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority.
Socialism
A political theory of social organisation which advocates the means of production, distribution and exchange bring owned or regulated by the entire community.
Communism
A system of social organisation where property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
Irony
An expression with purpose of humour where something is opposite of what it is supposed to be.
Refined
Clear of any impurities or unwanted stuff.
Philosophy
- The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.
- A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour.
Cavity
An empty space within a solid object.
Discharge
Allow something or someone to leave from a confined or restricted area.
Faeces
Waste remaining from digested food, also known as poop and pee.
Carbon dating
Calculating the age of a very old object by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains.
Portion
Part of a whole.
Secrete
Produce and discharge a substance.
Magnitude
Size or extent of something
Extent
Size or scale of something
Infer
Deduce or conclude from evidence and reasoning
Explicit
Stated clearly or in detail, leaving no doubt or confusion.
Reasoning
Action of thinking about something in a logical way
Deduce
Arrive at a fact or conclusion by reasoning.
Residue
Small amount of something that remains after main part has gone or been take or used.
Consolidate
- Make something stronger or more solid.
- Combine things into a single more effective or logical whole
Utility
The state of being useful, profitable and beneficial.
Element
An essential or characteristic part of something abstract.
Characteristic
A feature or quality belonging typically to a someone or something and serving to identify them.
Logistics
The detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation.
Subjective
Based on or influenced by personal feelings or opinions.
Derogatory
Showing critical or disrespectful attitude
Connotation
An idea or feeling which a word invokes or summons for a person
Laterally
At, towards or from the side or sides; sideways.
Inverted
In the opposite position or order.
Indivisible
Cannot be divided
Buldge
A round swelling, distorting a flat surface
Circumstances
Facts or conditions connect with or relevant to event or action.
Summit
The highest point of a hill or mountain.
Contrary
Opposite in nature, direction or meaning
Counter-intuitive
Contrary to intuition or to common sense expectation.
Epiphany
A moment of sudden and great revelation and realisation.
Revelation
Making something known that was previously a secret or unknown.
Logistics
A detailed organisation and implementation of a complex operation.
Accumulation
Acquisition or gradual gathering of something.
Derived
- Obtain something from a specified source.
- Base a concept on an extension or modification.
Compromise
Expediently accept standards that are lower than desirable.
Expedient
Convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.
Inference
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inhibit
Hinders, restrains or prevent
Regulate
Control or maintain the rate or speed of something.
Aspect
A particular part or feature of something
Corrugated
Shaped into a series of parallel ridges and grooves so as to give added rigidity and strength.
Coy
Making a pretence of shyness or modesty that is intended to be alluring. (Typically, used of a woman).
Pretence
- An attempt to make something that is the not the case appear true. Pretend.
- A claim to have a particular skill or quality.
Extremity
- Furthest point or limit of something.
- Degree to which something is extreme.
Converge
Tend to meet at a point.
Anthropology
the study of The characteristics of past and present human communities.
Superficial
- Existing or occurring at or on the surface.
- Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely
Obligated
Bound or has a duty of commitment
Homogenous mixture
Has the same proportions of ingredients throughout the mixture.
Heterogeneous mixture
Doesn’t have the same proportions throughout the mixture
Incredulous
unwilling or unable to believe something.
Eccentric
unconventional and slightly strange.
Muddled
not clear or coherent; confused.
Suffusion
Colour, blush
Mortification
Feeling of humiliation and shame
Mirage
Unrealistic hope or optical illusion, typically in deserted places
Lagoon
a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.
Surmounted
Overcame or placed on top of something
Diminish
Make or become less
Plunge
jump or dive quickly and energetically.
Exasperated
Frustrated or annoyed
Dubiety
the state or quality of beingdoubtful; uncertainty.
Conspiratorial
suggesting that they share secret knowledge with another person.
Emaciated
Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food
Abstract
existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
Ironic
something that is way different from what you’d expect.
