Success starter vocab. Part I

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Herd behavior in humans describes large groups acting similarly, often driven by emotion rather than rational thought. What does 'irrationality' mean in this context?

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Acting based on feelings instead of thought.

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Overzealous fans often engage in unruly or destructive behavior, risking injury or worse.

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unruly

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Crowds gather due to grievances or protests, which can lead to violent herd behavior. The Latin root 'gravis' means 'an injustice causing suffering.' Grievance means—

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a wrong that leads to a complaint or a protest

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Meaning of 'curse': Something magical changes someone with a curse in their blood, drawn to find others like them.

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A wish that misfortune or evil happens to a person.

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Word indicating 'not moving' in: 'He came in and she got scared-looking, stiff, completely still, and then she began to cry and try to hide behind me.'

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still

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The Latin word 'mortālis' means 'death.' Mortal refers to fear for someone's...

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life

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Japanese couldn't decipher communications.

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to change a message into an understandable form

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Part of the uniform of the Navajo Code Talkers, whose unbreakable code perplexed the Japanese in WWII. What helps understand 'perplexed'?

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unbreakable code

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Navajo Code Talkers transmitted info on tactics, troop movements, and orders but didn't know their role in battle strategy. Tactics comes from Greek taktikḗ, meaning 'ordering troops in combat.'

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methods of deploying fighting forces

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Meaning of 'harnessed' in: 'Let them be as flowers always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt.'

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held in place or controlled