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Vocabulary

adapt [əˈdæpt] v

To adapt means to change in order to deal with a new situation or addition. When he went to the new town, he had to adapt to all the weather changes.

biological [ˌbaiəˈlɒdʒikəl] adj.

Biological describes the process of life and living things. In science, we learned about the biological process of bacterial growth.

cellular [ˈseljələr] adj.

When something is cellular, it relates to the cells of animals or plants. She used a microscope to see the activity at a cellular level.

dynamic [daiˈnæmik] adj.

When people are dynamic, they are lively and have creative ideas. The new, dynamic employee came up with a good way to juggle his work load.

fantasy [ˈfæntəzi] n.

A fantasy is a pleasant situation that people think about but is unlikely to happen. Becoming an astronaut is a fantasy shared by many children.

heredity [hiˈredəti] n.

Heredity is the process of passing on features from parents to children. The boy’s face is similar to his father’s because of heredity.

internal [inˈtəːrnl] adj.

When something is internal, it exists or happens inside a person, object, or place. We removed the outer case to reveal the computer’s internal wires.

minimal [ˈminəməl] adj.

When something is minimal, it is very small. My lazy husband does a minimal amount of work around the house.

pioneer [paiəˈniər]

A pioneer is a person who is the first to discover or be involved in something. He was a pioneer of computer programming.

prescribe [priˈskraib] v.

To prescribe medicine means to tell someone to take it. When I was sick, the doctor prescribed me flu medicine.

respective [risˈpektiv] adj.

When things are respective, they relate separately to each person just mentioned. The boxers were told to return to their respective corners.

revive [riˈvaiv] v.

To revive someone or something means to restore health or life to them. She revived the feeling of warmth in her leg by rubbing it softly.

rigid [ˈridʒid] adj.

When rules or systems are rigid, they are severe because they cannot be changed. Societies often have rigid rules about the way that people are supposed to act.

sequence [ˈsiːkwəns] n.

A sequence is a number of events or things that come one after another. The dominos fell in a sequence of one after another.

substitute [ˈsʌbstitjuːt] v.

To substitute something or someone means to have them take the place of another. When I ran out of juice, I had to substitute water to drink in the morning.

surgeon [ˈsəːrdʒən] n.

A surgeon is a doctor who is trained to do surgery. The surgeon operated on the old man’s heart.

therapy [ˈθerəpi] n.

Therapy is treatment for a particular physical or mental illness or condition. After she broke her legs, she used physical therapy to learn how to walk again.

transfer [ˈtrænsfə:r] v.

To transfer something means to move it from one place to another. The family transferred the groceries from the shopping cart to the car.

transition [trænˈziʃən] n.

A transition is a process where there is a change from one form to another. The weather gets colder during the transition from summer to autumn.

transplant [trænsˈplænt] n.

A transplant is an operation in which a damaged part of one’s body is replaced. The sick child needed a heart transplant to live.