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Unit 9 Fear
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |