Vocabulary
Appreciate
recognize something's full value; understand a situation; increase in value/price
Random sample
Subset of a statistical population in which each member is equally likely to be chosen
This device involves the use of vivid description
Imagery
a-
not; without
This is the metal or plastic sheet at the end of a shoelace
Aglet
Vehicle
conveyance/transporter; thing used to express something; the figure of speech in a metaphor
Standard deviation
The amount of variation from the mean in a set of data
This device is the use of intentional exaggeration
Hyperbole
in-
into; in; within; towards; not; without
This was the (modern) country in which potatoes were first domesticated
Peru (or Bolivia)
Commodity
raw material that can be bought and sold; a useful item
Double-blind experiment
An experiment in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know which participants are receiving a treatment (etc.)
This device involves the repetition of vowel sounds in successive words
Assonance
-mit (mit-), -miss (miss-)
send
This strange feature came standard on the first and second generation Honda CR-V
A picnic table
Empirical
based on verifiable experience, rather than logic
White paper
An authoritative report or guide on a complex issue that articulates the issuing body's philosophy
This is a statement that appears internally contradictory
Paradox
salv
save; bring back to health
This word, meaning "immeasurably small," begins with another word that means the exact opposite of that
Infinitesimal
Paradigm
typical expression/pattern; worldview underlying a subject
Longitudinal study
An observational research method in which data is gathered for the same subjects over a period of time
This is a literary device where something is referred to by reference to one of its parts
Synecdoche
capit-, cipit-
head
This historical English king was known as "the Unready" (for bonus points, why?)
Æthelred II (Æthelred the Unready); from Old English unræd ("poorly advised")