4000 Essential English Words 2e 4 (2nd Edition) 영영 Unit 18

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transplant

n. an operation in which a damaged part of one's body is replaced
The sick child needed a heart transplant to live.

adapt

v. to change in order to deal with a new situation
When he went to the new town, he had to adapt to all the weather changes.

respective

adj. they relate separately to each person just mentioned
The boxers were told to return to their respective corners.

heredity

n. the process of passing on features from parents to children
The boy’s face is similar to his father’s because of heredity.

minimal

adj. very small
My lazy husband does a minimal amount of work around the house.

sequence

n. a number of events or things that come one after another
The dominos fell in a sequence of one after another.

prescribe

n. to tell someone to take it
When I was sick, the doctor prescribed flu medicine for me to take.

transition

n. a process where there is a change from one form to another
The weather gets colder during the transition from summer to autumn.

cellular

adj. it relates to the cells of animals or plants
She used a microscope to see the activity at a cellular level.

dynamic

adj. lively and have creative ideas
The new, dynamic employee came up with a good way to juggle his workload.

pioneer

n. a person who is the first to discover
He was a pioneer of computer programming.

similar

adj. almost the same
I have had a similar experience to the one you described.

internal

adj. it exists or happens inside a person, object, or place
We removed the outer case to reveal the computer’s internal wires.

substitute

n. something or someone means to have them take the place of another
When I ran out of juice, I had to substitute water to drink in the morning.

transfer

n. to move it from one place to another
The family transferred the groceries from the shopping cart to the car.

biological

adj. describes the process of life and living things
In science class, we learned about the biological process of bacterial growth.

rigid

adj. they cannot be changed
Societies often have rigid rules about the way that people are supposed to act.

surgeon

n. a doctor who is trained to do surgery
The surgeon operated on the old man’s heart.

fantasy

n. a pleasant situation that people think about but is unlikely to happen
Becoming an astronaut is a fantasy shared by many children.

therapy

n. treatment for a particular physical or mental illness or condition
After she broke her legs, she used physical therapy to learn how to walk again.