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Discrimination
dis·crim·i·na·tion
Part of Speech: noun
- treatment or distinction of a person or thing based on the group or class and favor of or against
a: fairness
s: prejudice
The act of discrimination against someone because of their race or gender, is cruel and unlawful.
Why is there such discrimination toward immigrants, if this country was founded by them.
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Propaganda
prop·a·gan·da
Part of Speech: noun
- publicity of misinformation used to make people believe in something
a: truth
s: disinformation
Propaganda distributed about the play was not accurate.
The propaganda about the storm was all false.
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Clung
clung
Part of Speech: verb
- emotionally attached or held fast
a: detached
s: adhered, clasped, attached
The cub clung to its mother for fear of becoming separated from her.
The child clung to her mother out of fear.
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Twilight
twi·light
Part of Speech: noun, adjestive
- the light just before sunrise or after sunset
a: daybreak
s: afterglow
It is difficult to drive as twilight approaches.
I love to observe the twilight just before the sun sets or rises.
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Squinted
squint·ed
Part of Speech: verb
- glanced or looked at something with eyes partly shut.
a: opened
s: peeked
David squinted while running because he did not wear his sunglasses.
She squinted to see the board because she forgot her glasses at home.
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Persistent
per·sist·ent
Part of Speech: adjective
- constantly persuing a goal
a: surrendering
s: determined
Jessica is persistent to finish everything, in a timely manner.
John will finish the marathon in record time because he is persistent with his daily training.
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Resentful
re·sent·ful
Part of Speech: adjective
- to show displeasure towards something or someone due to injuty or insult
a: like, agreeable
s: insulted
The woman was resentful towards her boss after the upsetting comment.
Mary felt resentful towards her father's action
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Anxious
anx·ious
Part of Speech: adjective
- extremely worried or very eager
a: unconcerned
s: restless
The boy became anxious when he could not find his father, at the store.
I was anxious to hear the news about the storm.
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Manipulated Variable
ma·nip·u·la·ted var·i·a·ble
Part of Speech: noun
a: responding varible, constant variable, control, dependent variable
s: independent variable
- the value of a variable is altered to change some condition
By changing the manipulated variable, she changed the whole result of the experiment.
In my experiment, the manipulated variable is how much water I put in the three plants.
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Responding Variable
re·spond·ing var·i·a·ble
Part of Speech: noun
- the variable that is measured after the change in the manipulated variable
a: manipulated variable, independent variable
s: dependent variable
The responding variable will tell me how important water is to a plant.
In my experiment, the responding variable is how long each of the three plants live.
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Constant Variable
con·stant var·i·a·ble
Part of Speech: noun
- something that is held strong, unmoved for an experiment
a: manipulated variable
s: control
The constant variable can not change or else my experiment will be completely wrong.
The constant variables in my experiment are the types of plants, which are all the same and how much sunlight they get.
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Control
con-trol
Part of Speech: noun, verb
- the power to make something or someone do exactly what you want or need
-the variable that never changes
a: powerless
s: charge, constant
The crowd was under control until the band came out, on stage, to perform.
Please control the situation before it gets out of hand.
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