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11th Grade
11/05/2012

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Romance
Definition
Feelings of love
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Defiance
Definition
Rebeliousness
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Anthropology
Definition
Scientific study of people, society and culture
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The Middle Ages
Definition
The period of European history between 476 A.D. and 1492 A.D.
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Prehistoric
Definition
Something that existed before information was written down
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Insult
Definition
Offend
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Affection
Definition
Fondness/ love
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Inclination
Definition
Tendency
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Inherent
Definition
Basic, built-in
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Psychiatry
Definition
Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of mental illness
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Immune System
Definition
Body's system that protects it from diseases
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Sweat
Definition
Salty, colorless liquid that comes through skin when sb is hot, sick or afraid
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Biochemistry
Definition
Study of chemical processes that occur in lliving things
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Lovesick
Definition
Having overwhelming feelings of love
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Definition
Disorder that makes people do a particular thing too often
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Recruit
Definition
Employ
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Norm
Definition
A way of behaving that is considered normal in particular society
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Mutual
Definition
Shared by two
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Abundant
Definition
Plentiful
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Trigger
Definition
Commence, begin, start
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MRI machine
Definition
Medical machine that allows scan person's body
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Infancy
Definition
Period of time when one is a baby or a very young child
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Noble
Definition
Belonging to a high social class and having a title; grand or impressive in appearance
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Bouncing
Definition
Jumping/ swinging up and down
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Dense
Definition
Tightly packed together, hard to walk through
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Absurd
Definition
Ridiculous, not making sense
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Species
Definition
Kind of an animal
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Prominent
Definition
Easily visible, obvious
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Dance floor
Definition
An area where people can dance
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Ballerina
Definition
Woman who dances ballet
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Flap
Definition
Move quickly up and down (for example, wings)
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Harsh
Definition
Unpleasantly and harmfully hard or rough
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Undergo
Definition
Experience something necessary or unpleasant
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Ritual
Definition
Series of actions that people do regularly
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Evoke
Definition
To cause a particular idea, memory or emotion to occur
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Contradiction
Definition
Something that makes a situation confusing or difficult to understand
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Predator
Definition
Animal that kills and eats other animals
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Swamp
Definition
Area of very wet land with wild plants growing in it
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Warrior
Definition
Fighter or soldier
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Breed
Definition
Have babies
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Logging
Definition
Business of cutting down trees for use as wood
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Mining
Definition
Business of digging deep into the earth to obtain valuable materials
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