Engl 103 - Chapter 7 - Definitions

Free from mistakes or errors

To become familiar with a new situation

In addition

helpful and likely to make you successful giving an advantage to someone

Able to be paid for without problems

In the future

The height of an object or place above the sea

An activity done for entertainment

A person who was in someone's family in past time

A desire for food

The study of ancient humans by examining their bones tools etc

A disease that causes inflammation of the joints

To accept something to be true without question or proof

A person who is trained in or good at sports or exercises that require physical skills and strength

Having a good effect

An additional thing usually pleasant

A special quality or trait that makes a person thing or group different from others

A statement that something is true or happened in a certain way when some people may say it is not true

To divide things into groups according to their type

Interesting or exciting

To be made of or formed from something

Staying the same not becoming less or more

To use time energy goods etc

A medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away

A problem or fault that makes someone or something not perfect

Having a problem or fault that prevents something from working correctly

The cutting down of trees in a large area

In a way that is meant intended or planned

A state of feeling sad a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad hopeless or unimportant

An illness of the mind or body

Using money resources fuel etc carefully

Old polite

A rough calculation or guess of the value size amount etc of something

Despite what has just been said

The way in which living things change and develop over millions of years

To develop gradually

The state of being known about by a lot of people because of your achievements

A method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem

Done to trick someone for the purpose of getting something valuable

To have control or power over someone

to share

Likely to make you healthy

A small plant that is used to improve the taste of food or to make medicine

Feeling unhappy because you are a long way from your home

A lack of knowledge understanding or information about something

A sudden strong desire to do something

Providing a lot of useful information

To live in an area

The amount of a particular substance which is eaten or drunk during a particular time

Impossible to refuse oppose or avoid because too Pleasant attractive or strong

A tropical forest where plans and trees grow very thickly

Living or existing for a long time

Long life the length of time that something or someone lasts

Not using the most modern machines or methods in business or industry

To be important or to affect what happens

Relating to the mind

Not completely or extremely to a moderate degree or extent

Also and more importantly

An event or situation that people do not understand or cannot explain

The substances that you take into your body as food

An animal or plant that lives in or on another animal or plant and gets food or protection from it

A serious disease that causes the lungs to fill with liquid and makes it difficult to breathe

A Chemical substance that is used to prevent things from decaying

To change something from one form into another by preparing handling or treating it in a special way

Having success usually by making a lot of money

To take care of a person animal or plant until completely grown

Having or showing good sense or judgement

To advise someone to do something (r)

To move to a new place

A successful way of treating an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty

To say or write something as a reply

A particular way of achieving a good result

An old person polite (s)

Based on or acting on good judgement and practical ideas or understanding

In a very small amount or degree a little

To find a way of dealing with a problem

Having an acid taste like the taste of a lemon

Mental condition

A natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river

Continuous feelings of worry that prevent you from relaxing

To experience physical or mental pain

to think or believe something to be true or probable

to use particular situation to do or get what you want

Something that you are trying to do or achieve

To develop a set of ideas about something

The treatment of physical or mental illness

For that reason

In this manner in this way

telling the truth

Fair or reasonable

To discover whether something is correct or true

Existing or happening in many places or situations

Extremely good