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UNIT 23

Definition

If something is accurate, it is completely correct

Example

The story in the newspaper wasn’t very accurate.

Definition

To analyze something is to study it.

Example

The scientist will analyze the blood sample

Definition

An asteroid is a giant rock from outer space

Example

In 1908, a giant asteroid hit Siberia.

Definition

A controversy is a dispute about something that affects many people

Example

There has been a lot of controversy over the judge’s decision.

Definition

To evolve is to change over time

Example

Many people think that humans evolved from animals

Definition

A factor is something that has an effect on the way another thing happens

Example

Smoking is the main factor that causes lung cancer.

Definition

If something is genetic, it is related to the genes in one’s body.

Example

The color of one’s eyes is genetic.

Definition

A genome is the collection of all the genes in a living thing

Example

Understanding the human genome may help cure many diseases.

Definition

To be identical is to be the same as someone or something else

Example

James and John are identical twins.

Definition

An intellectual is a very smart person.

Example

We’ve always considered my Uncle Max the intellectual of the family.

Definition

A majority of something is almost all of the people or things in that group.

Example

A majority of the people voted for Tom Smith in the election

Definition

A mammal is an animal that usually has hair and is not born from an egg.

Example

Even though it lives in the water, whales are actually mammals.

Definition

To multiply is to increase in number

Example

In the past year, the number of people at work multiplied by ten percent.

Definition

Offspring are the children of a person or the babies of an animal

Example

The dog’s offspring had the same color of fur as she did

Definition

A pesticide is a substance used to kill insects.

Example

The farmer sprayed his crops with a pesticide to keep bugs away

Definition

To regulate something is to control how it happens

Example

The bank regulates how much money people can borrow from it

Definition

To reinforce something is to make it stronger.

Example

Peter reinforced his opinion with information from a book.

Definition

If one is stricken by a disease or problem, they are badly affected by it.

Example

Mike was stricken with a horrible illness

Definition

If something is vast, it is very large.

Example

The wealthy man bought a vast amount of land in the countryside

Definition

A vegetarian is someone who does not eat any meat products.

Example

I became a vegetarian because I don’t like the taste of meat