Lecture Vocabulary Review

Vocabulary practice cards based on lecture notes covering general terms, science-related concepts, and professional terminology.

Adopt

To take in and raise as one's own; to take up or start to use.

Essential

Extremely important or necessary; a basic requirement.

Maintaining

To cause or enable a condition or state of affairs to continue.

Hemisphere

Half of a sphere, typically used to describe half of the earth.

Religions

Systems of faith and worship.

Coincide

To occur at the same time or to be identical in nature.

Appear

To become visible or to give the impression of being something.

Mental

Relating to the mind or disorders of the mind.

Energetic

Showing or involving great energy; intense or forceful.

Distance

The amount of space between two people or things.

Distant

Far away in space or time.

Influence

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.

Collapse

To fall down or give way; a sudden failure of an institution or structure.

Collaborate

To work together on a common project or task.

Collide

To hit with forceful contact while in motion.

Come into

To receive or inherit.

Suddenly

Quickly and unexpectedly.

Forceful contact

A powerful physical impact or meeting between objects.

Gather

To come together or bring things together into one group.

Earthquake

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground as a result of movements within the earth's crust.

Specializes

Concentrating on and becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill.

Organization

An organized body of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

Tool

A device or implement used to carry out a particular function.

Contain

To have or hold someone or something within; to include or restrain.

Confuse

To make someone bewildered or to mix up items in one's mind.

Convert

To change in form, character, or function.

Uncertain

Not able to be relied on; not known or definite.

Help desk

A service providing information and support for computer users or technical issues.

Spread

To open out or cause to cover a larger area.

Serve

To perform duties or provide services for another person or organization.

Supplies

Stock of resources or materials provided for a specific purpose.

Request

An act of asking politely or formally for something.

Situation

A set of circumstances in which one finds oneself.

Explain

To make something clear by describing it in more detail.

Intersection

A point or line where two or more things cross, such as a road crossing.

Exports

Goods or services sent to another country for sale.

Combine

To join or merge to form a single unit or whole.

Complete

To finish making or doing; to make something whole or full.

Compete

To strive to gain or win something by defeating others who are trying to do the same.

Whole

Entire or complete; all of something.

Squeeze

To firmly press or grip, typically with one's fingers.

Joint

A point where two or more things are joined together.