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CONTEMPORARY

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1.
existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.

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METICULOUS

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1.
taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.

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NOTION

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1. a general understanding. vague or imperfect conception or idea of something: a notion of how something should be done.
2.an opinion, view, or belief: That's his notion, not mine.
3. conception or idea: his notion of democracy.
4.a fanciful or foolish idea; whim: She had a notion to swim in the winter.

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INNATE

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1. existing in one from birth: innate musical talent.
2. inherent in the essential character of something: an innate defect in the hypothesis.
3. originating in or arising from the mind, rather than learned through experience: an innate knowledge of good and evil.

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ELICIT

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1. to draw or bring out or forth; educe; to make someone give you something
EX: to elicit the truth;
EX: to elicit a response with a question.

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ACQUISITION

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1. the act of acquiring or gaining possession.
EX: the acquisition of real estate.
2. something acquired; addition
EX: a recent acquisition to the museum.

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CASTRATION

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To remove the testes of.
To remove the ovaries of.
Also known as emasculate

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COINCIDE

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1. to occupy the same place in the same point or period in time, EX: Our vacations coincided this year.
2. to correspond exactly, as in nature, character, etc.
EX: His vocation coincides with his avocation.
3. to agree or concur, as in thought or opinion
EX: Their opinions always coincide.

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ETHOLOGY

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The study of animal behavior

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SOCIOBIOLOGY

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The study of social organization in animals.

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INSTINCT

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Natural and inherant ability of an animal to perform tasks like hunting, feeding, and mating.