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SAT Vocab Wk 7
Term | Definition |
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Erode | (v) remove soil or rock; become ground down or deteriorate |
Evolution | (n) a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage) |
Exert | (v) put to use; make a great effort at a mental or physical task |
Exhibit | (v) show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; to show, make visible or apparent. |
Fuse | (v) mix together different elements; join |
Gauge | (v) measure precisely and against a standard; determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation |
Generalize | (v) draw from specific cases for more general cases |
Given | (adj) specified or stated: Students' understanding of any given topic. |
Hypothesis | (n) a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena incremental adjective increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions |
Intact | (adj) undamaged in any way; whole |
Interval | (n) the distance between things; a definite length of time marked off by two instants |
Larvae | (n) the active immature form of an insect, especially one that differs greatly from the adult and forms the stage between egg and pupa, e.g., a caterpillar or grub. |
Latter | (n) the second of two or the second mentioned of two |
Mass | (n) the quantity of matter that something contains maturation noun coming to full development; becoming mature |
Onset | (n) the beginning or early stages |
Precipitation | (n) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) |
Prolong | (v) lengthen or extend in duration or space |
Residual | (adj) relating to or indicating a remainder; something left after other parts have been taken away |
Solution | (n) a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution |
Substrate | (n) any substance or layer lying underneath another; a surface on which an organism grows or is attached; the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment |