| analysis |
a careful study of the parts of something in order to understand more about the whole. |
| contaminate |
to make dirty, polluted, or not usable by touching or by adding something to. |
| drastic |
extreme or severe. |
| emphatic |
forceful, determined, or insistent in speech or action. |
| equine |
of or similar to a horse. |
| excise1 |
a tax levied on the manufacture or sale of certain goods within a nation or state. |
| innovative |
new and inventive. |
| knack |
a natural talent for something. |
| nutrient |
something in food that helps people, animals, and plants live and grow. |
| parasite |
a plant, animal, or fungus that lives on or in another living thing, called the host. A parasite gets its food and energy from the host organism. |
| pulverize |
to make into powder, as by crushing, grinding, or pounding. |
| reactive |
characterized by reaction or response to a stimulus; tending to react. |
| refugee |
a person forced to leave his or her home or country to seek safety or protection. |
| rupture |
the act of breaking open or breaking off. |
| theoretical |
relating to or consisting of an explanation based on abstract reasoning and speculation rather than facts and evidence; hypothetical. |