Vocabulary 08/27/2012

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.