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Vocabulary

Unit 18

Word list

adapt [əˈdæpt]

v. To adapt means to change in order to deal with a new situation.

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]

n. 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, for me to take.

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.

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 dominoes fell in a sequence of one after another.

similar

adj. Things which are similar are almost the same.

I have had a similar experience to the one you describe.

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.