RC Flashcards
volatile
A: evaporative; (of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures.
“volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene”
cyclones
N: a system of winds rotating counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere/clockwise in southern around a low pressure center. The swirling air rises and cools, creating clouds and precipitation
prodigy
N: genius, mastermind少年天才
“a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day”
phonograph
N: record player; instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc.
patent
N/V: copyright, license; a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.
- a type of coated leather that has a high-gloss finish.
- easily recognizable; obvious, overt, blatant, palpable
- “she was smiling with patent insincerity”
aerate
V: introduce air into a material
before seeding, consider aerating the lawn
futility
N: pointlessness or uselessness; fruitlessness, vanity
the futility of war
ecology
N: the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
ecology
N: the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
pathogenic
A: (of a bacteria, virus, microorganism) causing disease.
Pathogenic bacteria, the harmful kind, enter the human body from the air, water or food.
prenatal-pre-nat-al
A: before birth, during or relating to pregnancy
prenatal development:the process of developing in stomach
decipher
V: decode, decrypt; convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
2. succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something); make out
“an expression she could not decipher came and went upon his face”
