Definitions 1
Check your knowlege of the words below. Remember to choose the meanings as used in
Essay Writing for Students in the Health Sciences
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1. resistant
1.
opposed to somthing and wanting to prevent it happening
2.
not damaged by heat
3.
refusal to accept new changes
4.
not damaged or affected by something
2. dizzy
1.
feeling unable to balance
2.
an important position
3.
careless and forgetful
4.
very high
3. drive
1.
an effort to achieve a change that may improve people's lives
2.
an act of hitting a ball hard in tennis
3.
a strong natural need which must be satisfied
4.
determination and energy that make you successfully achieve something
4. peculiar
1.
crazy
2.
strange, unfamiliar, and a little surprising
3.
special and extraordinary
4.
unknown
5. inherited
1.
a natural part of something
2.
caused by mistakes that people have made in the past
3.
received from a family member
4.
prevented by something or someone
6. jostling
1.
hitting or punching
2.
shaking or moving
3.
pushing or knocking against
4.
pleasing or making happy
7. perception
1.
the way you notice things with your senses
2.
your beliefs about what something is like
3.
the natural ability to notice something quickly
4.
something small that can be noticed
8. humanity
1.
people in general
2.
kindness towards other people
3.
something done as much as possible
4.
literature and history
9. wander
1.
a short relaxed walk
2.
not pay attention to something
3.
think about something and guess what it is
4.
move away from where you are supposed to be
10. sterile
1.
not able to have babies
2.
completely clean and not containing any bacteria
3.
lacking new ideas or imagination
4.
the opposite of fertile
11. the turn of
1.
the way of saying something
2.
the act of changing direction
3.
the beginning of
4.
a complete change of
12. combating
1.
to fight against
2.
to fight in a war
3.
to put together
4.
to do very different activities
13. transient
1.
the process of moving around from place to place
2.
a short period of time
3.
a passage through a place or thing
4.
someone or something without a home that moves from place to place
14. residue
1.
substance left behind after a chemical process
2.
the part of something left after the rest has been taken away
3.
living at a place where you work
4.
the wanted part of something
15. transformed
1.
to be unable to move
2.
to do something against the rules
3.
to move or arrange for something to moved
4.
to completely change or alter the appearance or form
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