Ch1 Part 1 TOEFL MAP Listening Intermediate Definitions

Question 1

mention

Answer 1

to make mention of

Question 2

pursue

Answer 2

to do something or try to achieve something over a period of time

Question 3

master’s degree

Answer 3

anadvancedcollegeoruniversitydegree

Question 4

promising

Answer 4

showing signs of being good or successful

Question 5

seaweed

Answer 5

a mass or growth of marine plants

Question 6

unique

Answer 6

very special or unusual

Question 7

bladder

Answer 7

a bag made of rubber - leather - etc. that can be filled with air or liquid - such as the one inside a football

Question 8

upright

Answer 8

erect in carriage or posture

Question 9

shallow

Answer 9

having little depth

Question 10

dense

Answer 10

marked by compactness or crowding together of parts

Question 11

canopy

Answer 11

a layer of something that spreads over an area like a roof - especially branches of trees in a forest

Question 12

vegetation

Answer 12

plants in general

Question 13

holdfast

Answer 13

something to which something else may be firmly secured

Question 14

spore

Answer 14

one of the very small cells that are produced by some plants and that develop into new plants

Question 15

stalk

Answer 15

a slender upright object or supporting or connecting part

Question 16

stipe

Answer 16

a usually short stalk of a plant or fungus

Question 17

offshoot

Answer 17

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant

Question 18

frond

Answer 18

along -thinleafof aplant

Question 19

perennial

Answer 19

aplantthatlivesfor severalyears

Question 20

renewable

Answer 20

capable of being renewed

Question 21

additive

Answer 21

a substance added to another in relatively small amounts to effect a desired change in properties

Question 22

endangered species

Answer 22

a species threatened with extinction

Question 23

regulate

Answer 23

to govern or direct according to rule

Question 24

uproot

Answer 24

to pull up by the roots

Question 25

distinguish

Answer 25

to perceive a difference in

Question 26

color blindness

Answer 26

a condition in which someone is unable to see the difference between particular colors

Question 27

animal kingdom

Answer 27

animals as one of the groups that all natural things can be divided into

Question 28

therapy

Answer 28

the treatment of a physical problem or an illness

Question 29

overcome

Answer 29

to get the better of

Question 30

genetic

Answer 30

belonging or relating to genes received by each animal or plant from its parents

Question 31

identify

Answer 31

to recognize or be able to name someone or something

Question 32

inject

Answer 32

to introduce into something forcefully - to force a fluid into

Question 33

gene

Answer 33

a unit inside a cell that controls a particular quality in a living thing that has been passed on from its parents

Question 34

protein

Answer 34

one of the many substances found in food such as meat - cheese - fish - or eggs - that is necessary for the body to grow and be strong

Question 35

wavelength

Answer 35

the distance between two waves of energy

Question 36

retina

Answer 36

the area at the back of the eye that receives light and sends pictures of what the eye sees to the brain

Question 37

pick out

Answer 37

to recognize - find - or make a choice among different people or things in a group

Question 38

propulsion

Answer 38

a force that pushes something forward

Question 39

tailfin

Answer 39

the terminal fin of a fish or cetacean

Question 40

caudal

Answer 40

of - relating to - or being a tail

Question 41

composition

Answer 41

the way in which the parts of something are arranged - the parts - substances - etc. that something is made of

Question 42

back and forth

Answer 42

moving first in one direction and then in the opposite one

Question 43

steer

Answer 43

to control the course of

Question 44

pectoral

Answer 44

of - situated in or on - or worn on the chest