Chapter 25
lack of knowledge, understanding, or information about something (noun)
Ignorance
money given by a government or organization for an event or activity (noun)
funding
to give freedom or free movement to someone or something (verb)
release
Many animal psychologists believe that on average pigs are more ________________. INTELLIGENCE
intelligent
illegal hunting
poach
something that encourages a person to do something (noun)
incentive
logical and well organized; easy to understand and clear (adjective)
coherent
the relationship between two groups or amounts, which expresses how much bigger one is than the other (Noun)
ratio
In the United states, if you are injured on the job, you have the right to workers' _______________. COMPENSATE
compensation
the ability to do something well
competence
main or most important (adjective)
prime
to rub or be rubbed away gradually (verb)
erode
a comparison between things that have similar features, often used to help explain a principle or idea (Noun)
analogy
There are many cases of ___________behaviour between humans and animals. ANALOGY
a person who wants to protect the environment
conservationist
a separate part at the end of a book or magazine that gives extra information (noun)
appendix
a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something (noun)
paradigm
happening or existing at the same time (adjective)
concurrent
The speaker spoke persuasively and ______________ about the dangers of global warming. COHERENCE
coherently
a group of lions (noun)
pride
the range of things that a subject, an organisation, an activity, etc. deals with (noun)
scope
be made to act like something that it is not (verb)
simulate
aggregate
The _____________ of Germany was one of the most dramatic events of the late twentieth century. (UNIFY)
unification
to go from one place to another, especially for food (Verb)
forage