LESSON 8 VOCAB DEF

COMPLEX

• Consisting of many connected or interlaced parts or factors; intricate

COMPROMISE

• A settlement of differences between opposing sides in which each side gives up claims and agrees to some demands of the other

DECOMPOSITION

• The act or process of rotting or decaying

DETACHED

• Marked by the absence of emotional involvement

ELEGANT

• Marked by or showing refinement, grace, and beauty in appearance or behavior

EQUATIONS

• A mathematical statement asserting that two expressions are equal

PRINCIPLE

• A statement or set of statements describing natural phenomenona or mechanical processes

RELUCTANT

• Unwilling; averse

SHRIVELED

• Shrunken or wrinkled

SPECIMENS

• A sample, as of blood, tissue, or urine used for analysis