Inglesa - U4 Flashcards
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(adj) not having any connection with religion
________ education
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secular
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(adj) extremely dangerous
_________ events
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perilous
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(adj) continuining in a severe or extreme way
___________ repetition
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relentless
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(adj) serious, extreme
____ predictions about the flu
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dire
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(adj) to criticize sb/smth strongly and publicly
they are __________ as climate change deniers
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denounced
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(adj) used to emphasize how great/unusual smth is by comparing it to smth else
a ________ army (not any army)
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veritable
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(adj) causing fear or worry
______ crimes
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dreaded
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(adj) existing in a particular place or time
the __________ culture of fear
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prevailing
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(adj) accomodated well, amply provided
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well-served
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(adj) a film in which people, mainly young women, are killed violently with knives
______ movie
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slasher
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(adj) having a lot of hair
_______ animals
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hirsute
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(adj) to be extremely angry about smth n try not to show it
_________ range
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seething
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(adj) more than enough
_____ space
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ample
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(adj) having no fixed form or shape
things can feel ___________ here
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amorphous
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(adj) so firmly held that it won’t change
an ________ habit
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ingrained
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(adj) very little and not enough
the clinical literature devoted to anger was _____
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scant
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(adj) central and important
________ psychological function
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pivotal
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(adj) making you think sb is going to do smth bad
a ________ external force
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menacing
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(adj) dangerous
__________ substance
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hazardous
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(adj) weak, unimportant, in doubt
his parents were _______, never stopped her
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tenuous
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(adJ) sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way
______ hands
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clammy
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(adj) quick, energetic and active
a ______ walk around the block
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brisk
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(adj) doubting that smth is true or useful
to be ________ about smth
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skeptical
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(v) to advertise or praise smth to encourage people to buy it
therapies are ______ as one minute wonders
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touted
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(adj) extremely limiting, having a severe effect
stringent
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(adj) causes severe damage or describe good and accurate senses, intelligence, etc
______ conditions
acute
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(adj) happening and connected with another thing
concomitant
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(adj) full of laughter, humour or happiness
________ laughter
mirthful
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(adj) temporally quiet and not active
during sleep, the primary visual cortex is ________
quiescent
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(adj) not very bright (color or light), not very loud (sound), unusually quiet (person)
subdued
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(adj) having great and usually damaging effects
_______ ways
seismic
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(adj) found or existing everywhere
social networking is __________ bc we all share the need to belong
ubiquitous
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(adj) mentioned earlier
aforementioned
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(adj) that is laughed at and considered stupid or of no value
they've come up with a _______ nickname
derisive
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(adj) thin and healthy
a ______ and hungry cat
lean
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(adj) without a particular person knowing
that boy is ____________ to me
unbeknownst
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(adj) brave and determined
a ______ boy
plucky
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(adj) completely developed, trained or established
within months the student had become a ____-_____ instructor
full-fledged
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(adj) shy or pretending to be
the ___ little girl
coy
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to be extremely tired
it was a stressful day at work and by 5pm I was _______
frazzled
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to have too many of smth or give sb too much to do
we've all been ______ with work
swamped
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to be anxious and uneasy
stop watching him, it makes him ____
jumpy
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to be annoyed and irritable
she was a bit _____ with me this morning
snappy
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(adj) not having much confidence
diffident
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(adv) in a way that is suitable or right for a particular situation
perseverance ____ describes his hard work
aptly
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(adv) in a way that is impossible to persuade or change your opinion, decision
__________ disconfirming the legitimacy of..
adamantly
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(n) sb who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop smth bc of their strong beliefs
old-time religious _________
crusaders
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(n) a person who studies demons and other creatures
demonologist
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(n) an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based
the ________ is that being well is not a natural state
premise
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(n) the fact of prophesing doom
doom-mongering
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(n) the fact that sb likes (to do) smth considered morally wrong
proclivity
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(n) opinion/belief that is the opposite of what's the official/popular opinion
religion's intolerance of ______
heresy
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(n) smth that is dangerous
perils
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(n) a safe or peaceful place
a ______ in earth
haven
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(n) the act of (unwillingly) accepting or agreeing to smth
acquiescence
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(n) a small group of trained people who form the basic unit of a militar, political, business org
a new _____ of green entrepreneurs
cadre
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(n) smth/sb that helps protect from harm
social support provides a _____ against adverse life events
buffer
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(n) the death of a relative, friend
one of the stressors is __________
bereavement
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(n) a number of things that are held together
a _____ of fibers that connect..
bundle
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(n) sb/smth that is very difficult to defeat
nemesis
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(n) an unexpected event that has a damaging effect on sb/smth
a ____ to your ego
blow
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(n) sb who isn't an expert or doesnt have detailed knowledge of a particular subject
layperson
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(n) the action of assigning to an inferior rank or position
relegation
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(n) worry or fear that smth unpleasant is going to happen, anxiety
aprehension
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(n) fear or anxiety about something that you are going to do or experience
It was with some ________ that I viewed the prospect of cycling across the country.
trepidation
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(n) the process of getting or producing smth
elicitation
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(n) a large crack/opening in the ground or clouds
anger can create irreparable ____
rifts
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(n) work done in preparation for smth that will happen later
groundwork
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(n) smth of great importance that everything else depends on
men are the ________ of the family unit
cornerstone
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(n) a feeling of great sadness
sorrow
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(n) disease
malady
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(n) a short, easily remembered phrase used by a company for advertisement
tagline
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(n) the experiencing of emotions that you have tried to forget
you can have an _________ if being treated by an inexperienced practitioner
abreaction
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(n) a particullar smell
odor
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(n) the amount of work that sb has to do in a period of time
a typical _______ include patients with
caseload
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(n) a point/level at which smth starts to happen or have an effect
threshold
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(n) the fact that smth is unusual or different from what is around
incongruities
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(n) the time when sb is a baby or a very young child
infancy
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(n) a state of great activity, effort or hard work
during sleep, areas of the brain go into ______
overdrive
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(n) device that records electrical activity in the brain
electroencephalogram
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(n) sleep
slumber
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(n) sb/smth that causes a big change
catalyst
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(n) the careful and detailed examination of smth
will the candidates stand up under all that ________?
scrutiny
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(n) the quality of needing little effort or not being difficult
the _____ of online interaction
ease
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(n) illness
stress-related ______ such as heart disease
ailment
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(n) sb who is in bad physical or mental condition
to be a depressed, forgetful _____
wreck
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(n) fear of flying
aerophobia
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(n) fear of clowns
coulrophobia
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(n) fear of insects
insectophobia
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(n) fear of bees
api/melissophobia
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(n) fear of lightning and thunder
astraphobia
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(n) fear of buttons
koumpounophobia
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(n) fear of blood
hematophobia
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(n) fear of becoming too cold
frigophobia
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(n) fear of snakes
ophidiophobia
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(n) fear of snakes
arachnophobia
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(n) fear of heights
acrophobia
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(n) the feeling of being annoyed bc you can do nothing to solve a problem
after ten hours of negotiations, he stormed out of the meeting in __________
exasperation
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(n) a fact/situation that is the reason for smth bad happening - sb who did smth wrong
sugar is the main ______ of children being fat - police is trying to find the ______
culprit
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(v) to attack and injure with teeths or claws (animals)
a dog _______ her
maul(ed)
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(v) to produce or encourage an emotion, support for smth
_____ the courage to do smth
muster
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(v) to surround and cover completely
the problem will ______ the whole of society
engulf
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(v) to admit that smth is true
can't bring themselves to _______ that the situation is improving
concede
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(v) to include different types of things
encompass
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(v) to cause
one form of abuse ______ another
beget
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(v) to invent a new word or expression, or use it in a different way for the 1st time
coin
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(v) to make smth less strong or successful
they can ______ the amygdala's activity
dampen
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(v) to give support, strength or a basic structure to smth
scientists found some of the events that _______ phobias
underpin
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(v) to stay around a place secretly, waiting to attack or appear
he was ________ in the shadows
lurk(ing)
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(v) to increase or make it stronger
the primary emotion that ____ anger
fuel
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(v) to represent or show smth in a picture or story
the dynamic ______ in this illustration is...
depict(ed)
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(v) to stop smth quickly and completely
emotions that can be ________
squelch
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(v) to prevent smth from happening by tacking action first
preempt
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(v) to represent smth falsely or to hide smth
anger ____ the fragility of ego
belie
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(v) to describe or mark the edge of smth
the book which _________ a model for dealing with ....
delineate
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(v) to improve smth/ make it stronger
bolster
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(v) to make smth stronger especially to protect it
fortify
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(v) to give new life to, new energy
to _______ old attachment wounds and fears
revivify
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(v) to invent smth with intelligence or imagination
_________ an appropiate treatment for a client
devise
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(v) to take control of smth for your own advantage
keep your temper from _________ your life
hijack(ing)
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(v) erosionar
erode
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(adj) red in the face
he _______ when he saw me
flushed
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(v) to reduce smth in size or amount
deplete
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(v) to reduce smth
anger ______ our lives
drain
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(v) to make smth perfect or completely suitable for its purpose
_____ a skill
hone
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(v) to break into small pieces
to _____ emotionally
crumble
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(v) to make a noise consisting of quickly repeated knocks
every time you set your purse down, a pill bottle ______
rattle
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(v) to look at every part of smth and replace the parts that don't work
people ______ their diet in hopes of reducing their blood pressure
overhaul
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(v) to consider or judge
some alternative medicine practices have been _____ to be safe
deem
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(v) to provide and serve (mainly food)
cater
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(v) to have existed or happened before another thing
the use of healing plants ______ recorded history
predate
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(v) to reach the highest level
the brain's activity ______
crest(ed)
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(v) to bounce off a surface
signals that are _______ around your brain
ricochet(ing)
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(v) to make smth/sb less harmful so that is no longer dangerous
people ______ their fearful memories through the reinvention of their thoughts
defang
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(v) to be stuck, fixed in a place or position
rem sleep triggers memories that are _____ in the brain
lodge
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(v) to cause a weapon to shoot bullets
neurons that ___ in the brain stem during sleep
fire
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(v) to wake sb up
in stage 3 is harder to ____ a person from sleep
rouse
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(v) to move slowly with no control over direction
we spent our days spacing out, ________ and daydreaming.
drift(ing)
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(v) to present smth old in a new way without any real change or improvement
ruminate daydreaming is when you are ________ and analyzing the past
rehash(ing)
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(v) grant
online communication doesn't _____ any mental health benefits
confer
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(v) to make smth much less efective, damage
stress is ________ your neurons
cripple
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(v) to experience a certain activity
people who voluntarily _____ into stressful situations
plunge
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(v) to prepare smth/sb for the next stage in a process
it ______ parts of the brain
primes
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(v) to obtain an advantage over sb by being more intelligent
the cat doesn't outrun or ______ it
outwit
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(v) to become dried out and smaller, appearing crushed or folded
neurons _____ and stop communicating
shrivel
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(v) to combine or connect two things (mainly animals)
the second rat was _____ to the first
yoke(d)
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(v) to be weak or fail to improve
with the market __________ and jobs hemorrhaging...
languish(ing)
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(v) without money, food, a home or possessions
the floods left thousands of people ______
destitute
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