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Meanings of the difficult words from the lesson "The Making of a Scientist":
  
S.No
Words
Meanings
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Article A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication
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Journal A newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity
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Published A book, journal, or piece of music is prepared and issued for public sale or readership
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Achievement A thing is done successfully with effort, skill, or courage
   5Baseball A game played especially in North America by two teams of nine players, in which a player hits a ball with a bat and tries to run around four bases on a large field before the other team returns the ball
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Football A game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal
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ButterflyA type of insect with large, often brightly coloured wings
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LeaguesA group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other
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Home runA point scored in baseball by hitting the ball so far that you have time to run around the four corners of the playing field before it is returned
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KindergartenA class for young children, who are four and five years old, which is often the first year of formal education
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Determination The ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult
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RockThe solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil
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CoinA flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money
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AstronomerAn expert in or student of astronomy
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GazeLook steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought
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Curiosity A strong desire to know or learn something
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Companion A person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels
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TripA journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again
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EncourageHaving more confidence or hope about something
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Equipment The set of necessary tools, clothing for a particular purpose
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Earn To get something that you deserve
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Grade A number or letter that shows how good someone's work or performance is
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HometownThe town or city that a person is from, especially the one in which they were born and lived while they were young
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CollectorSomeone who collects objects because they are beautiful, valuable, or interesting
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MigrationThe process of animals or birds travelling to a different place, usually when the season changes
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Research A detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding
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MonarchA large migratory orange and black butterfly that occurs mainly in North America
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Tag A label attached to someone or something for identification or to give other information
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Adhesive Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky
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Caterpillar The larva of a butterfly or moth, which has a segmented wormlike body with three pairs of actual legs and several pairs of appendages similar to legs
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Pupa An insect in its inactive immature form between larva and adult
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Adult Fully grown or developed
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Tedious Boring and tiring, esp. because long or often repeated
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Recapture To take something into your possession again, especially by force
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Fair A public event, often held outside, where you could take part in competitions and buy small things and food, often organised to collect money for a particular purpose
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TissueA group of connected cells in an animal or plant that are similar to each other have the same purpose and form the stated part of the animal or plant
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Slide A small piece of glass on which you put something in order to look at it through a microscope
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MicroscopeA device that uses lenses to make very small objects look larger so that they can be scientifically examined and studied
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Competitive Wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people
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Stack A pile of things arranged one on top of another
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QualitiesHow good or bad something is
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ExperimentA test is done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true
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Insect A type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very small animal
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Starling A common bird with black or dark brown feathers that lives in large groups in many parts of the world
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HormoneAny of various chemicals made by living cells that influence the development, growth, sex, etc. of an animal and are carried around the body in the blood
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DiscoveryThe process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found
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Spot
A small, usually round area of colour that is differently coloured or lighter or darker than the surface around it
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Entomology The scientific study of insects
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Graduation The fact of finishing a degree or other course of study at a university or school, or the ceremony at which you are officially said to have finished
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Laboratory A room or building with scientific equipment for doing scientific tests or for teaching science, or a place where chemicals or medicines are produced
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PuzzleA situation that is difficult to understand
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TheoryA formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion or explanation
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Cancer A serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death
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Debater A person who takes part in a serious discussion of a subject with many other people
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PhotographerA person who takes photographs, either as a job or hobby
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Ingredient One of the parts of something that is needed in order for a work to succeed
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CuriosityAn eager wish to know or learn about something