VOCABULARY: UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS - Sandra Chu

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Goal - the aim or outcome that someone strives to reach/achieve
Possibility - another option that can happen; likelihood of another option happening
Courage - the quality of mind that shows itself in the face of danger or fears without shrinking back
Re - a prefix used before words that means "again"
Mantra - a repeated phrase or sentence
Learning - to acquire knowledge or skill as a result of study, experience, and/or teaching
Create - to bring something/someone into being; to cause to exist
Structure - the way something is built/created/engineered
Dichotomy - a sharp contrast between two things that are viewed as very different
Symbol - something/someone that stands for or represents another thing/idea
Juxtaposition - placing two things closely together to contrast them
Compare - to observe the similarities and differences between two things
Contrast - that which, upon comparison with something else, shows a difference from it

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Ante-narrative - the storytelling that happens before the narrative happens, as well as the storytelling of what may happen in the future
Pre-individual - the aftermath of individuation, which also allows for future individuations to happen
See - to perceive something/someone with the eyes

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Reassembling - to put back together or bring together again
Material - facts, information, or ideas used in creative processes
Process - to register or interpret (information, data, etc.)
Association - to join in common purpose, action, or condition; to link together, unite, combine
Create - to bring something/someone into being, cause to exist
Construct - to build or put together

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Generative - to generate, produce, create, or give rise to something
Formation - the action of forming or process of being formed
Nascent - to be born; to bring forth or come into existence
Transmission - to pass from one to another
Construction - to build or put together
Remember - to recollect a memory, to bring it to one's mind's awareness
Forget - to fail to remember; a lapse of memory
Knowledge - information or skill learned through experience or education
Content - the information or material within a verbal, written, printed, or electronic medium
Create - to bring something/someone into being, cause to exist

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Affirmation - to confirm or assert to be true

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Thought - the idea/opinion/concept produced by thinking
Insight - a deep understanding of a person or thing
Understanding - to comprehend by knowing the meaning of the words used
Intuition - an immediate and instinctive understanding without the need for conscious reasoning
Grasp - to understand or comprehend well
Feeling - an emotion or reaction
Empathy - to be able to understand the feelings of others (different from sympathy)
Sensibility - the ability to appropriately react to different social and emotional influences
Expression - the act of making your thoughts and emotions known

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Ideal - a mental image or conception, typically regarded as the best case scenario
Idealization - the action of regarding something as perfect or the best case scenario
Plural - more than one
Depiction - to portray in words or visuals
Interpret - to make out the meaning of something

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Vignette - a brief description or a picture
Episode - a specific point in time of a person's life
Event - an occurrence, or the outcome of an event
Voice - a mode of expression
Create - to bring something/someone into being, to cause to exist
Possibility - another option that can happen; the likelihood of another option happening

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Literacy - the ability to read and write
Know-How - practical knowledge, skill, or expertise
Deploy - to bring into effective action; to utilize
Attention - to take notice of, to give concentration to the subject
Participation - to take part in something
Collaboration - working together with one or more people
Network - connection between people, concepts, or ideas

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Decision - the action of arriving at a conclusion; to make up one's mind
Difference - dissimilarity between two or more things
Development - the growth or maturity of a person or idea
Solitude - the state of being alone
Meaning - something of significance, that gives purpose
Process - to register or interpret emotions, information, data, etc.

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Sharing - to split a portion of something with another or others
Warrants - justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling
Attention - to take notice of, to give concentration of the mind to the subject
Transparency - the action of being open and candid
Authentic - genuine and true to self or origin

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Abstract - a summary of the work of a written piece
Theme - a recurring idea within a work
Address - to direct to the attention of another
Theoretical - regarding the theory of an idea rather than the reality of it
Construct - Construction - to build or put together
Method - the procedure followed to accomplish something
Outcome - the consequence of one or many actions
Emerge - to come out, become known
Tentative - not confirmed or conclusive