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• refute

  verb

  To prove that a statement or theory is wrong.

  The new data refute the idea that the climate was stable.

• regardless

  adverb

  A transition meaning "without being affected by that".

  The weather was poor; regardless, the race went ahead.

• reinforce

  verbAWL 8

  To make something stronger or more certain.

  Regular practice reinforces new vocabulary.

• relative frequency

  noun

  The number of times something occurs divided by the total number of results.

  The relative frequency of heads was 0.48.

• remainder

  noun

  The amount left over after dividing a number that does not divide exactly.

  17 divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 2.

• reserve

  noun

  In context: a quiet, restrained manner that does not show feelings openly.

  Despite his reserve, he spoke warmly about his teacher.

• resigned

  adjective

  Accepting something unpleasant that you cannot change.

  He gave a resigned shrug and left.

• resilient

  adjective

  Able to recover or adapt after difficulty

  Resilient students respond constructively to setbacks.

• reverent

  adjective

  Showing deep respect.

  The author describes the ancient forest in reverent terms.

• rhetoric

  noun

  Language used to persuade, sometimes without real substance.

  The speech relied more on rhetoric than on evidence.

• right angle

  noun

  An angle of exactly 90 degrees.

  The corner of a square is a right angle.

• right triangle

  noun

  A triangle with one right angle (also called a right-angled triangle).

  Use the Pythagorean theorem in a right triangle.

• robust

  adjective

  Strong and reliable; able to survive problems.

  The study used a robust method with a large sample.

• root

  noun

  In maths, a value that makes a polynomial equal zero; also a square or cube root.

  The roots of x² − 4 = 0 are 2 and −2.

• sample

  noun

  In statistics, a group chosen from a population to collect data from.

  A sample of 200 students was surveyed.

• sample size

  noun

  The number of individuals or items in a sample.

  A larger sample size usually gives a smaller margin of error.

• sampling bias

  noun

  A problem when a sample does not fairly represent the population.

  Surveying only gym members causes sampling bias.

• sanction

  verb

  In context: to officially approve something, or to punish; check which meaning fits the passage.

  The council sanctioned the use of the park for the festival.

• sarcastic

  adjective

  Saying the opposite of what you mean in order to mock or criticise.

  "What a brilliant idea," she said in a sarcastic tone.

• sardonic

  adjective

  Mocking in a bitter, scornful way.

  His sardonic comments made the audience uneasy.

• satisfy

  verb

  In maths, to make an equation or condition true.

  Which value of x satisfies the equation 3x − 2 = 10?

• scale factor

  noun

  The number that each length is multiplied by to make a larger or smaller similar shape.

  With a scale factor of 2, the area becomes 4 times larger.

• scathing

  adjective

  Very severe and harshly critical.

  The review was a scathing attack on the play.

• scatterplot

  noun

  A graph of points showing the relationship between two variables.

  The scatterplot shows that hours studied and scores increase together.

• scientific notation

  noun

  A way of writing very large or small numbers as a number between 1 and 10 times a power of 10.

  3,500,000 in scientific notation is 3.5 × 10⁶.