Unit 7_definitions

A _____ is a person who does research connected with chemistry or who studies chemistry.

chemist

A _____ is an idea which is suggested as a possible explanation for a particular situation or condition, but which has not yet been proved to be correct.

hypothesis

If you _____ about something, you ask for information about it.

inquire

An _____ is an idea or plan of what you are going to do.

intention

You can use _____ to refer to machines in general, or machines that are used in a factory or on a farm.

machinery

If a liquid or a river _____s, it flows over the edges of the container or place it is in.

overflow

Something that is _____ is acceptable to you or fulfils a particular need or purpose.

satisfactory

If you _____ an action or a feeling, you pretend that you are doing it or feeling it.

simulate

_____ is a sharp-tasting liquid, usually made from sour wine or malt, which is used to make things such as salad dressing.

vinegar

If something is _____, it is enjoyable or useful, and worth the time, money, or effort that is spent on it.

worthwhile

An _____ of something is a larger amount than is needed, allowed, or usual.

excess

The _____ of something is the starting or creation of it.

formation

A _____ person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.

humble

If you describe someone as _____, you mean that they do not know things they should know. If someone is _____ of a fact, they do not know it.

ignorant

If you _____ something, you start it or cause it to happen.

initiate

_____ is used to describe something which is very small, especially a smaller version of something which is normally much bigger.

miniature

The _____ of something is the importance that it has, usually because it will have an effect on a situation or shows something about a situation.

significance

If you _____ an object or if it _____s, it moves into a sloping position with one end or side higher than the other. If you _____ part of your body, usually your head, you move it slightly upwards or to one side.

tilt

If you are sitting or standing _____, you are sitting or standing with your back straight, rather than bending or lying down.

upright

If an area of land _____s a particular amount of a crop, this is the amount that is produced. You can also say that a number of animals _____ a particular amount of meat. If a tax or investment _____s an amount of money or profit, this money or profit is obtained from it.

yield