- DIFFERENTIAL

- AMMETER

- GOVERNOR

- GASKET

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MATCHING

1. a limited number - FEW

2. a sizable percentage of - MOST

3. is of the opinion - THINKS

4. had an effect upon - INFLUENCED

5. for the purpose of - FOR

6. referred to as - CALLED

7. to decline to agree - REFUSE

8. at this point in time - NOW

9. due to the fact that - BECAUSE

10. with the possible exception of - EXCEPT

STUDY QUIZ

1. male graduate or former student of a school, college, or university

A: - ALUMNI (dictionary.com explains ,"Alumnus and alumna both come from Latin and preserve Latin plurals. Alumnus is a masculine noun whose plural is alumni, and alumna is a feminine noun whose plural is alumnae. Coeducational institutions usually use alumni for graduates of both sexes. But those who to masculine forms in such cases may prefer the phrase alumni and alumnae or the form alumnae/i, which is the choice of many women"s colleges that have begun to admit men.")

2. the courses of study offered by an educational institution; an integrated course of academic studies

A: - CURRICULUM

3. any of the divisions or comprehensive branches of learning at a college or university; the teachers and instructors within such a division; a body of teachers

A: - FACULTY

4. embodiment, as of a quality or concept; an archetype; incarnation in human or animal form

A: - AVATAR (No, this fits ... really. It could be applied to a number of people I"ve taught over the years: "Billy Bloggs is the very avatar of cunning!" There are those double initials again! See? I told you!)

5. university administrator of high rank

A: - PROVOST

6. someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating

A: - INVIGILATOR (I always think this is an activity that sounds as if it should properly be carried out wearing black leather and carrying a whip ... or is that just me?)

7. the third level of education, follows high school

A: - TERTIARY

8. to read or examine with great care

A: - PERUSE (This is what people are meant to do when they read their exam papers ... not pick up their pens and write everything they know about the subject.)

9. institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master"s degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor"s degrees

A: - UNIVERSITY

10. outline or a summary of the main points of a course of study

A: - SYLLABUS

Hairy Quiz

1. a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supra-orbital ridges; the space between the eyebrows

A: - GLABELLA   

2. a process of removing the top dead skin layers to reveal healthier, newer skin underneath –

A: EXFOLIATE

3. the largest section of a single hair, containing the main bulk of the hair

A: - CORTEX

4. a small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather

A: - PAPILLA

5. a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair feathers nails and hooves; hair"s natural protein

A: - KERATIN

6. loss of hair (especially on the head)

A: - ALOPECIA

7. resting phase of the follicle in the hair cycle

A: - TELOGEN

8. removal of hair on the surface of the skin –

A: DEPILATE

9. insoluble pigments that account for the color of skin, hair, scales and feathers

A: - MELANIN

10. a pore in the skin from which a hair grows

A: - FOLLICLE

SCIENCE VOC. QUIZ (1)

1. way to extract essential oil, this operation consists of placing a solid plant or flower in prolonged contact (between 1-5 years) with alcohol in order to dissolve the soluble parts of the raw material

A: - INFUSION

2. end product obtained from the extraction of vegetable products as roots, mosses, balms and rubbers

A; - RESIN

3. oldest method of extracting the fragrant essence from a plant or flower 

A: DISTILLATION (The plant is essentially steamed in special still, when the excess water evaporates, the essential oil remains behind.)

4. scent that lingers in the air when a person who is wearing it has passed by

A: - SILLAGE (Not to be confused with silage ... see below)

5. system of scientific analysis that allows the identification and the quantification of the molecular components of a plant"s essence; also used to analyse finished perfumes and gage their longevity

A: - CHROMATOGRAPHY

6. fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo

A: - SILAGE

7. evaporates very rapidly

A: - VOLATILE

8. process of extracting perfumes by exposing absorbents, as fixed oils or fats, to the exhalations of the flowers. It is used for plants whose volatile oils are too delicate to be separated by distillation

A: - ENFLEURAGE (method of extraction invented by the ancient Egyptians used on particularly delicate flowers that don"t respond well to heat. Fragrant flowers are laid on glass or stone slabs covered in grease or animal fat. Weight is applied and the flowers are left until their scent has been absorbed by the grease. This is a long and expensive process and isn"t used in modern perfumery.)

9. method of extraction suited for flowers or plants with little essential oil, or essential oil that evaporates quickly after picking. Flowers are pressed or covered in a hot grease that absorbs the aromatic essence

A: - MASCERATION

10. chemical that allows the natural or synthetic base materials to become more tenacious and to prolong their fragrance

A: - FIXATIVE

ADVANCED VOC.QUIZ WITH ANSWER KEYS:

1. the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth

A: - PERIGEE

2. like twilight; dim

A: - CREPUSCULAR (This is one of those words that really doesn"t sound as if it means what it does, don"t you think? It sounds erky but means something lovely ...It comes from the Latin crepusculum, "twilight," from creper, "dark, obscure")

3. of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope

A: - ANABATIC

4. bright spot sometimes appearing on either side of the sun, often on a luminous ring or halo –

A: PARHELION

5. the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

A: - ADVECTION

6. form of frozen precipitation such as snowflakes, ice pellets

A: - GRAUPEL

7. either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth"s equator and day and night are of equal length

A: - EQUINOX

8. the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage

A: - APOGEE

9. a straight wind without apparent cyclonic tendency, usually accompanied with rain and often destructive –

A: DERECHO

10. of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night

A: - KATABATIC (Read more about why I love this word ...