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Jargon Flashcards

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Beriberi

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(noun) - disease caused by vit. B1
Affect nerve , cause pain and
Hear attack

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Roughage

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(noun) - fibers part of food

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Carcinogens

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Substance causing cancer

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Lustre

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(noun) - glitter ( chamak )

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Churn

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(V) - process of making
Butter (manthan)
- nausea ( g michlana)

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Condensation

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(v) - appearance of water drop due to
Hot air or steam

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Winnow

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(v) - to blow the husk ( anaj
Pachharna)

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Creeper

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(noun) - plant grow along the ground
With another plant

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Excretion

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(n) - to get rid of meterial especially
Metabolic waste

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Respiration

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(n) - breathing

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Metabolism

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Chemical reactions changes food into energy

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Filament

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(n) - Thin wire in bulb

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Drought

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(n) - long period of dryness

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Landfill

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(n) - disposal site

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Compost

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(noun) - mixture consist of largely decayed matter and used for fertilizer

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Parasite

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(noun) - plant or animal live on another plant or animal

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Assimilation

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(noun) - movement of digest food into cell

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Glycerol

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(noun) - thick, sweet, colourless liquid

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Molar

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(n) - teeth at back of the mouth

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Oesophagus

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(n) - tube that takes food from mouth to stomach

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Tropical rainforest

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(noun) - forest with high rain fall in tropical regions

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Thunderstorm

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(noun) - storm with flash of light , heavy rain and loud noises

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Anemometer

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(noun) - instrument for measuring force or speed of wind

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Clayey

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(adj) - containg lot of clay

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Diaphragm

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(n) - muscle between lung and stomach

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Trachea

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(n) - tube in throat that carry air to lung

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Artery

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(n) - tube carry oxygen blood from heart to other

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Harvest

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(v) - Time of year ehen crop are cut

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Irrigation

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(noun) - agriculture process of give water to crop

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Water harvesting

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(noun) - water conservation from rain water

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Drip irrigation

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(n) - dripping water at soil for farming

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Decomposer

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(n) - organism which decay dead plant and animal material

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Soil erosion

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(n) - movement and transport of upper layer of soil causing deterioration

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Deforestation

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(n) - decrease in forest area

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Reforestaion

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(n) - planting new trea in an area

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Humus

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(n) - dark organic material in soil produce by decomposition of vegetables and animal matter

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Aeration

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(n) - air mixed in liquid

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Biogass

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(n) - renewable fuel produced from decomposition of plant and animal waste

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Contaminant

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(n) - something that make place or thing not suitable to use

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Sanitation

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(n) - keeping place clean and heathy by sewage system and water supply

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Animal husbandary

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(n) - production , taking care and breed of farm animal

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Granary

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(n) - storing room for grain ,farm feed

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Kharif

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(n) - crop that planted in monsson

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Rabi

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(n) - crop that grow in winter

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Manure

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(n) - animal dung used for fertilze land

46
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Weed

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(n) - any wild plant grow in an unwanted place

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Antibiotics

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(n) - medicine that fight against bacteria infection

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Antibody

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(n) - protein produce in blood that fight to disease

49
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Communicable disease

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(n) - Illnes caused by infectious agents through direct or indirect transmission

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Fermentation

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(n) - chemical change in food or drink ehich produce bubble or heat

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Pasteurisation

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(noun) - partial sterilization of substance specially milk

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Pathogens

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(noun) - microorganisms that can cause disease

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Vaccine

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(noun) - preparation that stimulates body immune response

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Virus

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(noun) - too small living thing yhat cause disease in people , animal

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Ductility

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(n) - ability of material to change its shape

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Malleability

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(n) - capability of being expand by pressure or beating with hammer

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Combustion

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(noun) - the process of burning something

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Biodiversity

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( noun) - term used to describe variety of life on earth

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Biosphere reserve

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(n) - particular area protected and mean for conservation of life form like plant and animal

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Desertification

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(n) - degradation in dryland in which bio productivity lost

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Ecosystem

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(n) - all living thing in an area effect each other and environment

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Endangered species

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(n) - plant and animal that are close to extinction

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Funa

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(n) - all the animal present in perticular area or time

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Flora

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(n) - all the plant present in particular time or region

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Sanctuary

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(n) - area where animal and bird are protected

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Fertilization

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(n) - Process of combination of male sperm with female ovum

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Foetus

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(n) - animal or human begin in its later stage of development before it born

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Metamorphosis

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(n) - dramatic changes in the form of animal or human during development after birth

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Adolescence

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(n) - transitional phase of growth of development between childhood and adulthood

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Aderaline

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(n) - substance that your body produces when you are angry, frightened, or excited

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Insulin

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(noun) - hormone that regulate sugar or glucose in blood

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Puberty

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(n) - time in life when boy or girl sexually mature

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Friction

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(noun) - force that make difficult for one obeject to slide along the surface

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Seismograph

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(n) - which measure strength of earthquake

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Asteroid

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(n) - minor planet which can neither be classified as comet or planet (shudr grah)

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Comet

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(n) - forzen leftover from the formation of compost of dust , rock , ice

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Celestial object

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(n) - aggregation of material in universe that can consider single unit(akashiye pind )

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Constellation

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(n) - name given to group of star that makes a certain pattern (taramandal)

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Meteorite

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(n) - piece of rock or metal found that has fallen to ground

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Bilateral trade agreement

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Agreement between countries to promote trade and commerce eliminate barrier such as trarif ,import , quota . Advantage expansion of market between 2 countries

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Multilateral trade agreement

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Agreement between more than 2 countries with intentions to reduce barrier to trade such as tariff , import quota

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Budgetary deficit

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Budget deficit occur when current expense exceed income received through standard operation

83
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Business processing outsourcing (bpo)

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Degelation of one or more IT intensive process to an external provider . Also called call centre

84
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Cascading effect

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Unforseen chain of event that occur when an event in a system has a negative impact on other as a result of interconnection and interdependencyto the primary affected system.

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Cash reserve ratio

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Percentage of bank total deposit that it needs to maintain as liquid cash .

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Default

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Company or individual who fail to make payment or interset or principal on a loan or security on time

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Devaluation

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Deliberate downward adjustment of country currency value against gold or other currency within a fixed exchange rate system brought about by govt .

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Disinvestment

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Selling a stake in a company , subsidiary or other investment

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Equity

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Equity is the amount of capital invested or owned by owner of the company

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