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Academic Vocabulary to Know

Branches of Science Key Science-Related Terms

Astronomy - study of stars and planets Advantageous - providing an advantage

Botany - study of plants Charge - in electricity, positive or negative

Cognitive Science, Neuroscience - science of the brain Control group - in an experiment, the group in which
the variable being tested is not changed
Ecology - study of the natural world
Empirical - relying on hard data
Entomology - study of insects
Hierarchy (adj., hierarchical) - system of rank; opposite
Genetics - study of genes of egalitarian

Geology - study of rocks Isotope - alternate form of an element

Ornithology - study of birds Indigenous - native

Paleontology - study of fossils Inhibit - prevent, impede (e.g., a response)

Zoology - study of animals Innovative - new and revolutionary

Metabolism - the process of converting food to energy


Branches of Social Science and Humanities
Microbial - relating to microscopic organisms
Anthropology - study of human behavior and social
organization, usually on a large scale; can include
Pigment - color
linguistics, biology, and archaeology
Predisposed - having a tendency toward
Archaeology - study of historical human activity
through the recovery or excavation (digging up) of
Regenerate - regrow
physical objects
Replicate - repeat (an experiment) and obtain the same
Economics - study of monetary systems
results
Ethnography - study of individual cultures
Saturate - to become completely soaked with
Folklore - study of traditional stories and myths
Stimulus - something that provokes a specific response
Sociology - study of everyday human social behaviors
Symbiosis (adj., Symbiotic) - interaction between two
and interactions at a specific time
organisms living close together, benefits both

Taxonomy - classification system

Trait - characteristic

Velocity - speed

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Make a Claim Draw a Conclusion
Infer
Advance
Surmise
Posit
Proffer
Provide Sources
Speculate Attribute
Hypothesize Cite

Support a Claim
Large Amount
Bolster Multitude
Buttress
Plethora
Substantiate
Profusion

Question a Claim
Small Amount
Ambivalence
Dearth
Skepticism Paucity
Rebut
Refute Different, Diverse
Disparate
Think about
Heterogeneous
Grapple with
Eclectic
Mull over
Ruminate about
Noticeable, Striking
Conspicuous
Coming Together
Distinctive
Converge
Salient
Integrate
Intersect
Harmless
Benign
Moving Apart
Innocuous
Diverge

Inborn
Inherent
Innate
Intrinsic

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Additional General Vocabulary Judicial - related to the law

Adept - skilled Marginal - unimportant

Adversary - opponent Mitigate - make less severe

Align (oneself with) - support or adopt the position of Preliminary - occurring before the main event

Authentic - genuine Prevail - win; adj. Prevalent, Prevailing - widespread;


generally accepted, e.g., the prevailing theory
Centrality - state of being central or essential
Reciprocate - respond to an action or behavior with the
Complement - to complete or perfect same action/ behavior

Comprehensive - thorough, complete (NOT to be Rudimentary - very basic


confused with comprehensible, which means
"understandable) Successor - person who inherits another's position

Contingent - dependent upon

Confer - give, grant

Corollary - a statement or condition that logically


results from a proven argument

Contemporary - current

Cultivate - grow, raise, e.g., crops

Displace - to force someone or something from its


home or habitat

Dispositi~n - personality

Ideology - belief system

Impede, Inhibit- prevent; get in the way of

Indigenous - native

Inherent, Innate, Intrinsic - inborn, existing in


something by definition

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