Vocab 1
The scientific study of plants
Botany
People who give inventors money to develop and sell their products, in return for a portion of the profits
Financiers
A complete list
Inventory
Expecting a favorable outcome
Optimistic
Relating to water
Aquatic
Yearly switching of which crops are grown on a piece of land
Crop rotation
The rate at which radio signals are transmitted
Frequency
Bother, irritate
Irk
Get a government license giving an inventor the right to be the only one to manufacture and sell their invention for a certain period of time
Patent
Able to be supported by a reasonable argument
Arguably
On purpose
Deliberately
Slang for cheap and unsanitary restaurants
Greasy spoons
The state of being annoyed
Irritation
A machine that reproduces sound by means of a needle in contact with a grooved rotating disk
Phonograph
Eager or excited
Avid
Discourage
Deter
Not significant, modest
Humble
Not working properly
Malfunctioning
A piano fitted with an apparatus enabling it to be played automatically
Player piano
A scientist who studies plants
Botanist
Capable of producing healthy plants
Fertile
A lack of interest
Indifferent
Activities involved in advertising and selling a product
Marketing
Highly respected
Prestigious