"Science Friction" Vocabulary

Challenging; hard to understand

• complex

• detached

• compromise

• reluctant

a resolution to a dispute by each side giving up some of its demands

• complex

• compromise

• reluctant

• elegant

separate; neutral, unbiased

• complex

• specimens

• decomposition

• detached

a fundamental truth; an important, guiding rule

• compromise

• principle

• elegant

• complex

unsure or unwilling

• detached

• reluctant

• equations

• complex

dried out, dwindled, withered, and shrunk

• shriveled

• specimens

• decomposition

• complex

samples gathered for the purpose of scientific study and analysis

• decomposition

• shriveled

• specimens

• equations

written mathematical statements in which two quantities are equal

• specimens

• equations

• detached

• principle

simple, refined; easy to understand

• complex

• principle

• decomposition

• elegant

breakdown or decay into basic parts

• specimens

• decay

• decomposition

• shriveled