| Term | Definition |
|---|
| sticky | having the properties of glue |
| leverage | investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) |
| conspiracy | a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot) |
| deport | to force sb to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law or because they have no legal right to be there |
| at stake | that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action: We cannot afford to take risks when peoples' lives are at stake. Ç The prize at stake is a place in the final. |
| Surrogates | used to describe a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, sb/sth else: |
| reciprocal | hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype |
| Translucent | allowing light to pass through but not transparent |
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