3.+Vocabulary

1. **Spastic** pg. 26 (adj.) -pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterised by spasm, especially tonic spasm -affected by or resembling spasms (noun) -a person exhibiting such spasms "Even after the formal surrender, //spastic// violence erupted in scattered quarters of the city." pg. 5 (noun)- something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action,feeling,thought, etc. (noun)- Physiology,Medicine/Medical "The sun is the stimulus which causes a flower to open." pg.13 (noun)- severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain. "His grandfather was in a nursing home because he had senile dementia and was growing more and moer confused everyday." (Madeline Tuohey)
 * 2. Stimulus**
 * 3. Dementia **

4. **Singularity** pg. 32 (noun)-the state, fact, or quality of being singular -Mathemactics. singular point. -the mathemactical representation of a black hole "A point of infinite density and infinitesimal volume, at which space and time become infinitely distorted according to the theory of General Relativity. According to the big bang theory, a gravitational singularity existed at the beginning of the universe. Singularities are also believed to exist at the center of black holes." (Taylor Lovelace)

5. **Invigilator** pg. 43 (verb)-to keep watch over students during an examination "Mr. Wanders, our teacher and invigilator, was proctoring our SAT test." (Patrick Mohorcic) pg. 50 (noun)- an abnormal fear of being in enclosed or narrow places "Astronouts cannot be claustrophobic because they will be in tight spaces for long periods of time." (Patrick Mohorcic) **7.Tartan** pg. 54 (noun) -a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scotish High landers, each clan having its own distinctive plaid. "Susan's skirt was made out of tartan material with red plaid stripes." (Patrick Mohorcic)
 * 6. Claustrophobia**

**8. Silhouette** pg. 73 (noun) - the representation of an object on a flat surface; usually in black. "The finished silhouette clearly represented his facial expression at the time, even if it was all black." (Ricky Renner) 9. **Bog** p. 71 (noun) - wet, spongy, and poorly drained ground that surounds a body of water. "As I stepped onto the bog after my swim, the ground felt cushiony and soft on the ground." (Ricky Renner) 10. **Hemorrhage** p. 84 (noun) - Extreme bleeding after a blood vessel has ruptured. "People with leukemia tend to have hemorrhages because their blood doesn't clot when their skin is cut." (Ricky Renner)

11. **Monestary** p. 100 (noun)- a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows. "The men had to bow before entering the monastery to show respect." (Griffin Shapiro) 12. **Hypothetical** p. 101,102 (adj.)- 1. Assumed by hypothesis; supposed Of, pertaining to, involving, or characterized by hypothesis. " If I did, hypotheticaly paint the house green you wouldn't be mad, would you?" (Griffin Shapiro)

13. **Saccade** pg. 117 1- (noun) the act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins. 2- (noun) (//ophthalmology)// the series of small, jerky movements of the eyes when changing focus from one point to another. "Saccades are the fastest movements produced by the human body." (Madeline Tuohey) 14. **Homunculus** pg. 118 1- (noun) an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist. 2- (noun) a fully formed, miniature human body believed, according to some medical theories of the 16th and 17th centuries, to be contained in the spermatozoon. 3- (noun) a diminutive human being. 4- (noun) the human fetus. "And they think that this person is their special human mind, which is called a homunculus, which means a little man." (Madeline Tuohey)

pg.121 1-(noun) a sever mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations 2-(noun) a state characterized by the coexistence of contradictory or incompatilble elements "the schizophrenic child had to go to concilinig each week to help him work wiith people." (Taylor Lovelace) pg.123 1-(noun) a small knife with one or more blades that fold into the handle "So I gripped the penknife really hard and I knocked on the doorframe." (Taylor Lovelace) pg.126 1-(noun) a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time 2-(noun) a projection or repesentation of the whole or a part of a sphere on a plane "In summer I sometimes come outside at night with my torch and my planisphere, which is two circles of plastic with a pin through the middle." (Taylor Lovelace)
 * 15. schizophrenic**
 * 16. penknife**
 * 17. planisphere**

pg:145 adj: having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy verb: make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation " When I stand on top of a high building and look down, I start to feel giddy because I am afraid of heights." Patrick Mohorcic pg:142 noun: British supermarket chain which retails food clothing, toys and general merchandise. " Jim, could you please pick up some milk at Asda so we can make cookies for the party." Patrick Mohorcic pg 151 noun- a small, circular item similar to a dollar, it is slang for one pound of sterling in British " That piece of pizza is 10 quid and the meatball sub is only 5 quid." (Patrick Mohorcic)
 * 18. Giddy**
 * 19. Asda**
 * 18.Quid**

pg. 59 Verb. To shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of "The older kids excluded any younger kids from playing in the football game because they were in a lower grade." (Griffin Shapiro)
 * 20. exclude**

20. Quadratic pg. 161 (Adjective) - When a math equation involves the square of an unknown, but the power of the variable in the equation is no higher than two. "I knew the equation would show up as a curve on the graph and not a line because it was a quadratic equation." Ricky Renner

21. Rucksack pg. 163 (noun) - A bag usually carried by hikers, bicyclists, outdoorsmen, etc. "Once we got far into the woods, we stopped and I grabbed water bottles of my rucksack for the whole crew." Ricky Renner

22. Heritability pg. 175 (noun) - To be able to inherit or come in possession of something. "The son's heritability made it so that he was next in line for the ancient family heirloom." Ricky Renner

23. Cog pg. 203 noun: (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hard wood or metal, fitted into as lot in a gear wheel of less durable material. verb: (of an electric motor) to move jerkily. " I could tell something was wrong with my car, luckily when I took it into the shop the mechanic said a cog was missing, only a small part of my enginge that i didn't really need." Griffin Shapiro

24. Appendix Pg. 214 Noun: supplementary material at the end of a book, article, document, or other text, usually of an explanatory, statistical, or bibliographic nature “ The appendix in the end of the book was boring because all the author talked about was his pet rock he had as a kid.” Griffin Shapiro

25. Cosmopolitain

adj: free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. noun: a person who is free from local, provincial,or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world. He was cosmopolitain, he didn't have any laws to follow or anybody to listen to." Griffin Shapiro