Vocabulary Day 4: Genetics & Agricultural Innovation

domesticate

To tame or adapt a wild plant or animal for human use (v)

cultivate

To prepare and use land for crops or gardening (v)

revolutionary

involving or causing a complete or dramatic change (adj)

deliberately

on purpose, intentionally (adv)

appealing

attractive or interesting (adj)

resistant

offering opposition to something; not affected or harmed by something (adj)

devastating

highly destructive or damaging (adj)

mimic

to imitate or copy the actions or appearance of something (v)

mutations

changes in an organism's genetic structure that can be passed down (n)

diversity

a range of different things; variety (n)

strains

particular types of varieties of a plant, animal, or virus (n)

enhancing

improving the quality, value, or extent of something (v/g)

cultivated

refined and well educated or grown as a crop (adj)

tolerant

able to endure specified conditions or treatment (adj)

compact

closely, and neatly packed together; small (adj)

regulatory

relating to the management of complex systems according to a set of rules (adj)

obscure

not discovered or known about; uncertain (adj)

catapulted

to hurl or launch something in a specified direction (v - passive/past)

thrive

to grow or develop well; to prosper (v)

reveal

to make previously unknown or secret information known (v)