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Meanings of the difficult words from the lesson "The Making of a Scientist":
S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Article | A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication |
2 | Journal | A newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject or professional activity |
3 | Published | A book, journal, or piece of music is prepared and issued for public sale or readership |
4 | Achievement | A thing is done successfully with effort, skill, or courage |
| 5 | Baseball | 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 |
6 | 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 |
7 | Butterfly | A type of insect with large, often brightly coloured wings |
8 | Leagues | A group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other |
9 | Home run | A 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 |
10 | Kindergarten | A class for young children, who are four and five years old, which is often the first year of formal education |
11 | Determination | The ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult |
12 | Rock | The solid mineral material forming part of the surface of the earth and other similar planets, exposed on the surface or underlying the soil |
13 | Coin | A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money |
14 | Astronomer | An expert in or student of astronomy |
15 | Gaze | Look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought |
16 | Curiosity | A strong desire to know or learn something |
17 | Companion | A person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels |
18 | Trip | A journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come back again |
19 | Encourage | Having more confidence or hope about something |
20 | Equipment | The set of necessary tools, clothing for a particular purpose |
21 | Earn | To get something that you deserve |
22 | Grade | A number or letter that shows how good someone's work or performance is |
23 | Hometown | The town or city that a person is from, especially the one in which they were born and lived while they were young |
24 | Collector | Someone who collects objects because they are beautiful, valuable, or interesting |
25 | Migration | The process of animals or birds travelling to a different place, usually when the season changes |
26 | Research | A detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding |
27 | Monarch | A large migratory orange and black butterfly that occurs mainly in North America |
28 | Tag | A label attached to someone or something for identification or to give other information |
29 | Adhesive | Able to stick fast to a surface or object; sticky |
30 | 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 |
31 | Pupa | An insect in its inactive immature form between larva and adult |
32 | Adult | Fully grown or developed |
33 | Tedious | Boring and tiring, esp. because long or often repeated |
34 | Recapture | To take something into your possession again, especially by force |
35 | 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 |
36 | Tissue | A 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 |
37 | Slide | A small piece of glass on which you put something in order to look at it through a microscope |
38 | Microscope | A device that uses lenses to make very small objects look larger so that they can be scientifically examined and studied |
39 | Competitive | Wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people |
40 | Stack | A pile of things arranged one on top of another |
41 | Qualities | How good or bad something is |
42 | Experiment | A test is done in order to learn something or to discover if something works or is true |
43 | 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 |
44 | Starling | A common bird with black or dark brown feathers that lives in large groups in many parts of the world |
45 | Hormone | Any 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 |
46 | Discovery | The process of finding information, a place, or an object, especially for the first time, or the thing that is found |
47 | Spot | A small, usually round area of colour that is differently coloured or lighter or darker than the surface around it |
48 | Entomology | The scientific study of insects |
49 | 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 |
50 | 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 |
51 | Puzzle | A situation that is difficult to understand |
52 | Theory | A 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 |
53 | 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 |
54 | Debater | A person who takes part in a serious discussion of a subject with many other people |
55 | Photographer | A person who takes photographs, either as a job or hobby |
56 | Ingredient | One of the parts of something that is needed in order for a work to succeed |
57 | Curiosity | An eager wish to know or learn about something |
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