High Probablitly Words Flashcards
(137 cards)
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What does ‘Advantageous’ mean?
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Providing an advantage
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What is the definition of ‘Charge’ in electricity?
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Positive or negative
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What is a ‘Control group’ in an experiment?
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The group in which the variable being tested is not changed
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What does ‘Empirical’ refer to?
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Relying on hard data
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What is ‘Hierarchy’?
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A system of rank; opposite of egalitarian
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What is an ‘Isotope’?
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Alternate form of an element
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What does ‘Indigenous’ mean?
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Native
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What does ‘Inhibit’ mean?
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Prevent, impede (e.g., a response)
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What does ‘Innovative’ refer to?
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New and revolutionary
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What is ‘Metabolism’?
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The process of converting food to energy
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What does ‘Microbial’ relate to?
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Relating to microscopic organisms
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What is ‘Pigment’?
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Color
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What does ‘Predisposed’ mean?
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Having a tendency toward
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What does ‘Regenerate’ mean?
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Regrow
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What does ‘Replicate’ mean?
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Repeat (an experiment) and obtain the same results
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What does ‘Saturate’ mean?
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To become completely soaked with
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What is a ‘Stimulus’?
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Something that provokes a specific response
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What is ‘Symbiosis’?
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Interaction between two organisms living close together, benefits both
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What is ‘Taxonomy’?
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Classification system
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What is a ‘Trait’?
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Characteristic
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What does ‘Velocity’ mean?
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Speed
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Make a Claim
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Advance, Posit
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Proffer, Speculate, Hypothesize
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Draw a Conclusion
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Infer, Surmise
Support a Claim
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Bolster, Buttress, Substantiate
Provide Sources
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Attribute, Cite
Question a Claim
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Ambivalence, Skepticism, Rebut
Refute
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Think about
Grapple with, Mull over, Ruminate about
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Large Amount
Multitude, Plethora, Profusion
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Small Amount
Dearth, Paucity
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Different, Diverse
Disparate, Heterogeneous, Eclectic
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Coming Together
Converge, Integrate, Intersect
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Noticeable, Striking
Conspicuous, Distinctive, Salient
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Moving Apart
Diverge
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Inborn
Inherent, Innate, Intrinsic
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Harmless
Benign, Innocuous
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Adept
skilled
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Adversary
opponent
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Align (oneself with)
support or adopt the position of
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Authentic
genuine
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Benevolent
kind
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Buttress
provide support
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Centrality
state of being central or essential
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Complement
to complete or perfect
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Comprehensive
thorough, complete
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Conspicuous
clearly visible
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Contingent
dependent upon
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Confer
give, grant
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Corollary
a statement or condition that logically results from a proven argument
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Contemporary
current
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Cultivate
grow, raise, e.g., crops
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Displace
to force someone or something from its home or habitat
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Disposition
personality
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Engendering
to cause to exist; produce
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Ideology
belief system
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Impede, Inhibit
prevent; get in the way of
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Indigenous
native
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Ineluctable
unable to be avoided; inescapable
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Insuperable
impossible to overcome
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Irreproachable
blameless
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Judicial
related to the law
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Marginal
unimportant
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Mitigate
make less severe
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What does 'Preliminary' mean?
Occurring before the main event.
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What does 'Prevail' mean?
To win.
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What is the adjective form of 'Prevail'?
Prevalent or Prevailing - widespread; generally accepted.
## Footnote
Example: the prevailing theory.
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What does 'Reciprocate' mean?
To respond to an action or behavior with the same action/behavior.
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What does 'Repudiate' mean?
To refuse to accept.
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What does 'Rudimentary' mean?
Very basic.
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What does 'Shrewd' mean?
Smart.
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What is a 'Successor'?
A person who inherits another's position.
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What does 'Unequivocal' mean?
Leaving no doubt; unambiguous.
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What does 'Vindicate' mean?
To free from blame.
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What is a common second meaning of 'Afford'?
To grant.
## Footnote
Example: an opportunity.
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What is a common second meaning of 'Appreciate'?
To take into account, recognize the merits of, OR to increase in value.
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What is a common second meaning of 'Arrest'?
To stop (not just put handcuffs on a criminal).
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What does 'Assume' mean?
To take on responsibility for, acquire.
## Footnote
Example: to assume a new position.
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What does 'Austerity' refer to?
A financial policy to reduce excess spending on luxury or non-essential items.
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What does 'Badger' mean?
To pester or annoy.
## Footnote
Example: reporters repeatedly badgered the candidate after the scandal broke.
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What does 'Bent' mean?
A liking for; synonym for penchant, predilection, proclivity.
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What does 'Capacity' mean?
Ability.
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What does 'Chance' mean?
To attempt.
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What does 'Channel' mean?
To direct something toward a specific purpose.
## Footnote
Example: energy, money.
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What does 'Check' mean?
To restrain, control, or reduce.
## Footnote
Example: the vaccine checked the spread of the disease.
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What does 'Coin' mean?
To invent.
## Footnote
Example: coin a phrase.
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What does 'Compromise' mean?
To endanger or make vulnerable.
## Footnote
Example: to compromise one's beliefs.
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What does 'Constitution' refer to?
To build.
## Footnote
Example: a football player has a solid constitution.
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What does 'Conviction' mean?
Certainty, determination; noun form of convinced.
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What does 'Couch' mean?
To hide.
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What does 'Discriminating' mean?
Able to make fine distinctions.
## Footnote
Example: a discriminating palate.
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What does 'Doctor' mean?
To tamper with.
## Footnote
Example: she doctored the documents.
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What does 'Economy' refer to?
Thrift.
## Footnote
Example: a writer who has an economical style uses few words.
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What does 'Embroider' mean?
To falsify, make up stories about.
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What does 'Execute' mean?
To carry out.
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What does 'Exploit' mean?
To make use of; does not carry a negative connotation.
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What does 'Facility' mean?
Ability to do something easily.
## Footnote
Example: a facility for learning languages.
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What does 'Foil' mean?
To put a stop to.
## Footnote
Example: to foil a robbery.
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Grave/Gravity
Seriousness
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Grill
To question intensely and repeatedly
## Footnote
e.g., the police officers grilled the suspect thoroughly
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Hamper
To get in the way or hinder
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Harbor
To possess, hold
## Footnote
e.g., to harbor a belief
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Hobble
Prevent, impede
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Plastic
Able to be changed, malleable
## Footnote
e.g., brain plasticity
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Provoke
Elicit
## Footnote
e.g., a reaction
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Realize
To achieve (a goal)
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Reconcile
To bring together opposing or contradictory ideas
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Relay
To pass on to someone else
## Footnote
e.g., to relay information
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Relate
To tell, give an account of (a story)
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Reservations
Misgivings
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Reserve
To hold off on
## Footnote
e.g., to reserve judgment
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Ruffled
Flustered, nonplussed
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Sap
To drain
## Footnote
e.g., of energy
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Scrap
To eliminate
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Shelve/Table
To reject or discard
## Footnote
e.g., an idea or proposal
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Solvent
Able to pay all debts (usually used in a business context)
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Sound
Firm, stable, reliable, valid
## Footnote
e.g., a sound argument
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Spare, Severe
Unadorned, very plain
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Static
Unchanging (i.e., in a state of stasis)
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Sustain
To withstand
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Uniform
Constant, unvarying
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Unqualified
Absolute
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Upset
To interfere with an expected outcome
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Critic/Criticism
A critic is a person who writes commentary-either positive or negative- about a subject
## Footnote
e.g., art, music, or sports.
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Discern/discerning
To recognize or distinguish; perceptive
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Ineffable
Indescribable, sublime, beyond words
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Infallible
Unable to be wrong
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Ingenious
Clever, brilliant
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Ingenuous
Naive
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Inimitable
Unique, one-of-a-kind
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Innate
Inborn, natural
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Intrinsic/Innate
Inborn, a natural part of
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Invaluable
Having immense value, priceless
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Unassuming
Modest
