BBT VOCAB 14

adjective

1. physically strong; muscular.

noun

1. the ability to live forever; eternal life.

Answer explanation

"eating the fruit gave the gods immortality"

noun

1. the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule

2. a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture.

3. adjective

   1. bred as a hybrid from different species or varieties.

   2. of mixed character; composed of different elements.

Answer explanation

1.EX: "the bird was a hybrid of a goose and a swan"

synonyms: cross , blend

2.EX: the final text is a hybrid of the stage play and the film"

3.EX: "a hybrid variety"

4.EX: "Mexico's hybrid post-conquest culture"

verb

1. join or blend to form a single entity.

2. noun

   1. a safety device consisting of a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if the current exceeds a safe level.

Answer explanation

1.EX: "intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit"

synonym: combine

2.synonym: circuit breaker

noun

1. the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things.

noun

1. 1.

   a prescribed course of medical treatment, way of life, or diet for the promotion or restoration of health.

Answer explanation

1.EX: "a regimen of one or two injections per day"

1. 1. 养生法

noun

1. a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.

adjective

1. forming a very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable.

2. BIOLOGY

   (of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of evolution.

Answer explanation

1.EX: "he felt a vestigial flicker of anger from last night"

synonyms: lingering , persisting

• 2.EX: "the vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden"
  synonyms: undeveloped , incomplete

  
  

3. a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

2.alternation between opposite or contrasting things.

Answer explanation

1.EX: "her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune"

synonyms: change , alteration , alternation

verb

1. establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.

Answer explanation

1.EX: "Agnes ensconced herself in their bedroom"

synonyms: install , establish , park , settle