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Unit 9 Fear
Term | Definition |
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tripped | when you miss-stepped; your feet got tangled or caught on something and you stumbled and maybe fell down |
visualizing | imagining yourself doing something or thinking of what it might be like to do something successfully; seeing yourself doing it |
symptoms | signs and indicators; for example, if you are sick you might have a runny nose, fever, chills, coughing, sneezing, or be very tired, etc. |
mentors | people who are more experienced, or older and wiser; teachers, parents, counselors, or older students. |
wide-ranging | broad, far-reaching, various, of many different kinds |
fallible | able to fail; imperfect, human/mortal |
creepy | strange, scary |
connoisseur | an expert at something in matters of taste; someone who knows a lot about high quality things: china, jewelry, music, coffee, food |
fantasy | a dream or ideal thing that you imagine but it's not real |
gratifying | makes you feel satisfied or makes you feel like you did something good (for yourself or someone else) |
scared to death | very afraid, fearful, terrified |
rule out | decide something is impossible; eliminate it as a reason or cause |
deliberate | happens on purpose; opposite of accidentally |
land | arrive somewhere after traveling by air or sea; opposite of take off (planes) |
obsessively | can't stop doing something (like Sheldon knocking 3 times on Big Bang Theory) |
anxiety | a feeling of worry or nervousness |
trigger | one thing that causes something else (like squeezing your finger on a gun; or causing a chain reaction) |
patch | a small area of grass, skin, hair, clothing |
phobias | extreme, powerful fears |