Test2 Reading2 Flashcards
Struck
Laughter has struck people as mysterious
احساسی از رازآمیز بودن داده به آدمها
Pedigree
شجره نامه
Theories about humour has an ancient pedigree
Puncture
Pierce
A psychic tension which is safely punctured by the ludicrousness of the punchline
Incongruity
نامناسبی
Jokes are based on a reaction to incongruity
Revolve
حول محور چیزی چرخیدن
Many jokes revolve around a sudden and surprising conceptual shift
Leap
Jump a long way
خیز
Humour is a sudden leap to a new perspective
Appeasement
دلجویی
Laughter of social appeasement
Scuffle
مجادله
Rats produce squeaks to prevent their scuffles turning nasty
Panting
نفس نفس زدن
Play face- a gaping expression accompanied by a panting noise.
Instinctual
Social situations trigger these instinctual markers of play.
غریزی
Spring to life
Suddenly start working
When punchline arrived a new area sprang to life, the orbital prefrontal cortex
Tuck/tucked
V
Be in a place that is hidden
This patch of brain tucked behind the orbits of the eyes
Assessment
ارزیابی
Evaluate
Estimate
Making a rapid emotional assessment of the events of the moment is an extremely demanding job for the brain
Arousal
هشیاری
Energy and arousal levels may need to be returned in the blink of an eye
Apparatus
the complex structure of a particular organization or system.
“the apparatus of government”
synonyms: structure, system, framework, organization, set-up, network
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