The aim of this activity is to measure the number of words that you know on this topic. Below is a list of words related to this topic. Some of them are real English words, but some are wrong. Click on the ones that are real, and ignore the wrong ones. Clicking real words will increase your score, but clicking wrong ones will decrease it. When you have finished, click on the 'Check Answer' button. The program will give you feedback and advice on which words you need to learn.
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The real words of the wrong words are shown in blue.
protocol
parameters
uniqueless uniqueness
construct
abstract
dinamics dynamics
consequences
critical
investigate
schema
scenaria scenarios
correlates
decode
genome
calibrateness calibration
whereas
potentialy potentially
indicates
fourgoing forgoing
systematic
phenomena
contrastive
disenablement disablement
hypothesis
inference
generalizasion generalization
synthesis
explanatory
proposal
classify
categories
specificity
subsequently
valid
diseminate disseminate
causal
values
reasoning
frames
transducer
textual
pinpointed
antipressure negative pressure
strategies
attributed
restricted
authority
quantifying
Match the word to the definition
Fill in the gap with the best word.
The human
genome
is made up of about 35,000genes.
(Answer: genome )
The formation of a chemical compound through the combination of simpler compounds or
elements is known as
synthesis
.
(Answer: synthesis )
The overall effect is jittery, the
technical
equivalent of a film shot with a handheld camera.
(Answer: technical )
It is all too easy to be satisfied with being an
authority
, an expert in your field.
(Answer: authority )
So far the maximal capacity of human longevity has been
restricted
by limited diet and lifetime health insults.
(Answer: restricted )
The goal of a university is to produce and
disseminate
knowledge.
(Answer: disseminate )
There are
valid
legal and moral issues here, but there were also real-world questions without good answers.
(Answer: valid )
The normal cycle appeared to have been disrupted, which would have required a major rethink of the sun's internal
dynamics
.
(Answer: dynamics )
The first two columns are self-
explanatory
but the third is less so.
(Answer: explanatory )
The guiding principal for us was to try to
construct
a community with more equality and quality of life.
