1 - VOCABULARY

tread·mill
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(trdml)
n.
1.
a. A mechanism rotated by people treading on the moving steps of a wheel.
b. A similar device operated by an animal treading a continuous sloping belt.
2. An exercise device consisting of a continuous moving belt on which a person can walk or jog while remaining in one place.
3. A monotonous task or set of tasks seeming to have no end.


conveyor belt
n.
A mechanical apparatus consisting of a continuous moving belt that transports materials or packages from one place to another.
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vain
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(vn)
adj. vain·er, vain·est
1. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt.
2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk.
3. Excessively proud of one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
4. Archaic Foolish.Idiom:
in vain
1. To no avail; without success: Our labor was in vain.
2. In an irreverent or disrespectful manner: took the Lord's name in vain.

na·ive or na·ïve
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(n-v, nä-) also na·if or na·ïf (n-f, nä-)
adj.
1. Lacking worldly experience and understanding, especially:
a. Simple and guileless; artless: a child with a naive charm.
b. Unsuspecting or credulous: "Students, often bright but naive, betand losesubstantial sums of money on sporting events" Tim Layden.
2. Showing or characterized by a lack of sophistication and critical judgment: "this extravagance of metaphors, with its naive bombast" H.L. Mencken.
3.
a. Not previously subjected to experiments: testing naive mice.
b. Not having previously taken or received a particular drug: persons naive to marijuana.
n.
One who is artless, credulous, or uncritical.

probe
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(prb)
n.
1. An exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region.
2. A slender, flexible surgical instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity.
3. Biology A substance, such as DNA, that is radioactively labeled or otherwise marked and used to detect or identify another substance in a sample.
4. The act of exploring or searching with or as if with a device or instrument.
5. An investigation into unfamiliar matters or questionable activities; a penetrating inquiry: a congressional probe into price fixing. See Synonyms at inquiry.
6. A space probe.
v. probed, prob·ing, probes
v.tr.
1. To explore with or as if with a probe: probe a wound; probe one's motives.
2. To delve into; investigate.
v.intr.
To conduct an exploratory investigation; search.

Mas´sag`ist
n.
1.
One who practices massage; a masseur or masseuse
Mas´sag`ist
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stent
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n.
1. A device used to support a bodily orifice or cavity during skin grafting or to immobilize a skin graft following placement.
2. A slender thread, rod, or catheter inserted into a tubular structure, such as a blood vessel, to provide support during or after anastomosis

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arm·pit
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(ärmpt)
n.
1. The hollow under the upper part of the arm at the shoulder.
2. Slang The most miserable or undesirable place in a particular area.
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Di`vul´gate
a.
1.
Published.
v. t.
1.
To divulge.
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em·bry·o
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(mbr-)
n. pl. em·bry·os
1.
a. An organism in its early stages of development, especially before it has reached a distinctively recognizable form.
b. An organism at any time before full development, birth, or hatching.
2.
a. The fertilized egg of a vertebrate animal following cleavage.
b. In humans, the prefetal product of conception from implantation through the eighth week of development.
3. Botany The minute, rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium.
4. A rudimentary or beginning stage: "To its founding fathers, the European [Economic] Community was the embryo of the United States of Europe" Economist.

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