Vocabulary Flashcards for Exam Preparation

Vocabulary flashcards created from lecture notes to help with exam preparation.

Accelerate

To speed up.

Algorithm

A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations.

Amenity

A desirable or useful feature or facility of a building or place.

Amplify

To increase the volume of sound or to make something more intense.

Ascertain

To find out or determine something.

Capillary

Related to or resembling a capillary; the smallest blood vessels.

Conscientious

Wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.

Consequence

A result or effect of an action or condition.

Cramped

Crowded; limited space.

Crystalline

Having the structure and form of a crystal.

Deception

The act of deceiving someone.

Decompose

To break down into simpler components.

Dehydration

The loss of bodily fluid, typically water.

Delineate

To describe in detail or to portray something accurately.

Demanding

Requiring much effort or attention.

Echo chamber

An environment where a person only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own.

Ethical

Relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

Evaporate

To turn from liquid into vapor.

Finite

Having limits or bounds.

Fraud

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

Generate

To produce or create something.

Generative

Relating to the ability to produce.

Imitate

To copy or mimic someone or something.

Implement

To put a decision, plan, or agreement into effect.

Impurity

The quality or condition of being impure.

Inequality

The state of not being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

Inflammatory

Causing excitement or anger; leading to inflammation.

Integrity

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Isolate

To separate something from others.

Landfill

A place where waste is buried under the ground.

Malleable

Able to be shaped or bent without breaking.

Misbehave

To behave badly.

Mishandle

To deal with something wrongly.

Misinform

To give false or misleading information.

Misuse

To use something in the wrong way.

Molecule

The smallest particle in a chemical element or compound.

Norm

A standard or pattern, especially of social behavior.

Occurrence

An incident or event.

Offense

A breach of a law or rule; an illegal act.

Partially

Only in part; to some extent.

Porous

Having holes or spaces; able to absorb liquid.

Propel

To drive or push something forward.

Punitive

Intended as punishment.

Regulate

To control or maintain the rate or speed of a machine or process.

Replicate

To make an exact copy of something.

Rigid

Unable to bend or be forced out of shape.

Sensation

A physical feeling or perception resulting from something that happens to or comes into contact with the body.

Smoothness

The quality or state of being smooth.

Spectrogram

A visual representation of the spectrum of frequencies of a signal.

Stigma

A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person.

Substantial

Of considerable importance, size, or worth.

Superiority

The state of being superior.

Susceptible

Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.

Sustainable

Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level.

Unintentional

Not done on purpose; accidental.

Urbanization

The process of making an area more urban.

Vital

Absolutely necessary or important; essential.

Vitrification

A process of converting a material into a glass-like state.

Withstand

To remain undamaged or unaffected by.

Come with

To accompany or be included with.

Connect with

To join or link with.

Due to

Because of.

Hunt about

To search for something.

Look out for

To be vigilant or watchful.

Out of

Outside the limits of.

Reach out to

To extend oneself toward someone or something.

Search around

To look in various places.

Struggle with

To make a strenuous effort to deal with something.

Tend to

To be inclined or likely to do something.