Understanding Key Vocabulary Terms

What's the meaning of TRANSCENDENTALISM?

• The belief that people are at their best when in nature and trusting their own spirit.

• Something that never goes out of style because it’s that good.

• When you start moving and keep picking up speed or power.

• Something with no clear shape, form, or plan.

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What's the meaning of GENOCIDE?

• Something that spreads easily from one person to another.

• When someone shows or tells you that you matter or what you did is right.

• When a group tries to wipe out an entire race, religion, or culture of people.

• A legal order telling someone to stop doing something.

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What's the meaning of INHIBITION?

• Something that’s guaranteed to happen, no matter what.

• When someone shows or tells you that you matter or what you did is right.

• Looking at something deeply and thinking hard about it, not just taking it at face value.

• Something that holds you back from doing or saying something.

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What's the meaning of AFFIRMATION?

• Positive words or actions that build you up and remind you of your worth.

• Stepping up and doing something to change.

• The power to make people think or act a certain way.

• 1. A tool that transforms materials without using heat.

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What's the meaning of VALIDATION?

• Looking at something deeply and thinking hard about it, not just taking it at face value.

• • A rank in the military based on years served.

• • A design that constantly changes into new shapes.

• When someone shows or tells you that you matter or what you did is right.

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What's the meaning of ACTIVISM?

• • Using money to force people to do what you want.

• • A rank in the military based on years served.

• • Giving a public speech that only talks about your own success.

• Stepping up and doing something to change what’s wrong in the world.

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What's the meaning of ADVOCACY?

• • Something common in one country but rare elsewhere.

• • Speaking up or standing up for someone or something, especially when they can’t do it themselves.

• • Giving a public speech that only talks about your own success.

• 1. An idea that spreads only through the internet.

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What's the meaning of INFLUENCE?

• • The power to make people think or act a certain way.

• • Accidentally inspiring people without meaning to.

• • The feeling you get from being inside a fancy building.

• 1. A belief that only science can explain truth.

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What's the meaning of CRITICALLY?

• • Something that holds you back from doing or saying something.

• • A rule that limits what you can say in public speeches.

• • Looking at something deeply and thinking hard about it, not just taking it at face value.

• 1. Pointing out flaws in someone’s work just to make them look bad.

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What's the meaning of SANCTITY?

• • A tradition that’s important but can be changed if needed.

• • When an area starts building up like a city — more people, more buildings, less open space.

• • Something with no clear shape, form, or plan.

• 1. Something so important and pure that it should be protected and respected.

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