Vocabulary Quiz

1. The place at which unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.
5. complex or intricate
8. to give a short version of something
10. Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.
12. an improvement in quality, value, or extent
13. A term used to describe mechanical devices that replace human body parts.
15. to take back; to withdraw
17. not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
19. be in the way of; hinder; impede; block
20. the material inserted into tissues

2. to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
3. A narrative device, the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
4. End of the story where loose ends are tied up
6. high moral standards; an unimpaired condition, completeness, honesty
7. to irritate as if by friction or rubbing
9. to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel
11. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
14. a substitute for a diseased or missing body part
16. more than enough; abundant
18. to make larger, increase