Omnivore's Dillema Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Carpobhobia

A

fear/ avoidance at carbohydrates

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Lipophobia

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fear of becoming fat/fear of eating fat

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3
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Apotheosis

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the highest point in the development of something, climax/elevation of someone to divine status

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4
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omnivore

A

an animal or person that eats food of both plants and animals or ancestral

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5
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atavistic

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relating to or person that eats food of both plants and animals origin

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6
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blandishment

A

a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something

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7
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Edibility

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fit to be eaten as food

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8
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Provenance

A

The place at origin or earliest known history of something

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9
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Heterosis

A

The tendency at a cross bred individual to show qualities superior

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Hybrid

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The offspring of 2 plants or animals at diff. species to those at both parents

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11
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Patent

A

easily recognized, obvious

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12
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yield

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produce or provide

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13
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Commodities

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a row material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and generally considered or reputed to be

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14
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Surfeit

A

excessive amount of something

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15
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Portean

A

tending or able to change frequency or easily; able to do many diff. things

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16
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Gustatory

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Concerned with tasting or the sense of taste

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17
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Roughage

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fibrous indigestible material in vegetable food that aids the passage of food and waste products through gut

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Rumen/Ruminant/ Rumination

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First stomach of a ruminant, receives food or from the esophagus partly digest it with the aid of bacteria, and passes it to the rectum.

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19
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Acidosis

A

an aggressive acid condition of the body fluid or tissues

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20
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Rudiments

A

the first principle of a subject

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21
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Vicissitudes

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a change of circumstance, typically are that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

22
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Gluttony

A

habitual greed or excessive eating

23
Q

High Fructose Corn Syrup

A

sweetener made from corn starch that has been processed by glucose.

24
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sucrose

A

chief component of cane sugar

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risible
such as to produce laughter
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agrarian
relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land
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phage
any group of viruses that infect specific bacteria causes disintegration
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nematode
unsegmented worm of the phylum Nematoda elongated cylindrical body roundworm
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rotifers
microscopic animals of the phylum rule for in fresh and saltwater's one or more rings of cilia on the anterior end
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mycelium
mass of hyphae forms vegetative part of a fungus
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rhizome
rootlike subterranean stem commonly horizontal position that usually produces roots below and send up shoots progressively from the upper surface
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humus
The dark organic matter in soil
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polyphenols
White crystalline water-soluble poisonous mass disinfection antiseptic
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Metabolite
A product of metabolic action
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flavanol
A colorless crystalline water insoluble compound
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conflate
diffuse into one entity merge
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sigmoid
shaped like a C or S
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Paddock
small usually includes field near a stable or barn for pastoring or exercising animals
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emiserated
to cause to become impoverished or miserable
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abattoir
A slaughterhouse
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Jeremiad
A pro long to lamentation or mournful complaint
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perprandial
before a meal especially before dinner
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forager
seeking or obtaining at such food
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modernity
Quality of being modern
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philia
denoting fondness especially end of normal love for a specified thing
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phobia
irrational fear of specific object or situation that leads to a compulsive desire to avoid it
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anthropocentric
regarding the human being is essential fact of the universe
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hubris
excessive price or self-confidence arrogance
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Myco-
combining from meaning mushroom fungus
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autochthonous
indigenous rather than descended from migraines or colonies