1. nascent — beginning to exist or develop
Though some pundits have pointed to a nascent sense of interdependence among the world’s people, more likely we’ll just see more of the same.
2. nescience — the state of not knowing
Conspiracy theories may derive as well from a human tendency to insist upon “yes/no” answers; we feel great discontent in a perpetual state of nescience.
3. epigenesis — the process by which genetic information, as modified by environment, is transformed into an organism’s substance and behaviors
Perhaps many mental illnesses have their epigenesis in the family life which surrounds the sufferers, to at least the same extent these selfsame sufferers are ‘hard-wired’ for psychological problems.
4. inbred — resulting from inbreeding
An inbred predisposition to hemophilia was the heritage of the crowned heads of Europe, with dire effects for the Romanovs.
5. patent — obvious
The patent traits of character war sometimes with the latent aspects.
6. penetrance — the frequency with which a given gene produces its effect
Mendel discovered genetic effects because of the striking penetrance of changes in the plants he studied.
7. innate — part of the essential character of something, rather than learned
The extent to which violence, and especially the urge to war, is innate in human nature has been debated since the dawn of anthropology.
8. inveterate — firmly entrenched through habit or long practice
He is known as an inveterate liar.
9. ingrained — deep-rooted
She had an ingrained aversion to speaking the truth; unfortunately, she had no such compunction against speaking her mind.
10. extrinsic — foreign; external
Advertising impinges upon most of its viewers, thus its effect may be seen as extrinsic, though prolonged exposure obviously produces internal effects on mind, and perhaps body.