VOCABULARY: UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS - Sandra Chu

[sandrachu]

Knowledge - the information or skill learned through experience or education
Theme - a recurring idea or symbolism within a work
Construction - to build, create, or put together
Worker - someone who does a specific job, who produces and/or achieves something
Economy - the wealth and resources of a society

[sandrachu]

Meditation - continuous thought, musing, or contemplation upon a subject
Recognize - to perceive something clearly; to realize, understand
Grasp - to understand or comprehend a subject well

[sandrachu]

Look - to think of or regard something in a specified way
Action - something done or performed; a deed, an act carried out
Way - a method or manner of doing something
Frame - the basic structure that underlies or supports a system, concept, or text
Create - to bring something/someone into being, to cause to exist

[sandrachu]

Engagement - the action of occupying, attracting, or involving someone's interest or attention
Construction - to build, create, or put together

[sandrachu]

Social - a group of people, an organization, etc.: consisting or composed of people associated together for friendly interaction or companionship
Network - an interconnected group of people; an organization
Intertwine - to closely connect or link two or more things or beings
Structure - the arrangement and organization of mutually connected and dependent elements in a system or construct
Affect - to have an effect on something/someone; make a difference to something/someone
Cusp - a point of transition between two different states of being
Form - the particular way in which something exists or appears

[sandrachu]

Recursive - repeatedly or continually recurring; recurrent
Reflexive - a method, theory, etc.: that takes account of itself or esp. of the effect of the personality or presence of the researcher on what is being investigated
Ipso Facto - by that very fact; by the fact itself
Meld - to form by merging or blending
Mold - to form or shape
Morph - the action or process of changing from one thing to another
Sort - to categorically arrange things or people
Sift - to examine something thoroughly so as to isolate that which is most important; to search through
Select - to choose
Space - an area in which people can reside physically or virtually
Visual - relating to seeing or sight
Mental - relating to the mind; taking place or performed in the mind
Imaginary - a fictitious thought or scenario that occurs only within the mind
Physical - relating to things perceived through the senses as opposed to the mind; tangible or concrete
Real - actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed

[sandrachu]

Inter-Subjective - existing between conscious minds; shared by more than one conscious mind
Furtherance - the fact or state of being furthered or helped forward; the action of helping forward; advancement
Bedrock - the fundamental principles on which something is based
Social - of a person: friendly or affable in company; disposed to conversation and sociable activities; sociable
Context - the connection or coherence between the parts of a discourse

[sandrachu]

Trace - a mark, object, or other indication of the existence or passing of something
Oblivion - the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening; extinction
Prototype - the first or a preliminary model of something

[sandrachu]

Just - precisely, exactly that
Live - to spend your life a particular way, or freely

[sandrachu]

Shift - a change in position, direction, or tendency
Way - a method, style, or way of doing something
Method - the procedure followed to accomplish something

[sandrachu]

Experience - the skill or knowledge obtained over time through life, study, and/or work
Selection - to choose among two or more other options
Conversation - talk or discussion between two or more people
Goal - an aim or desired result
Proclaim - to announce or declare officially or publicly

[sandrachu]

Science - a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject
Network - an interconnected group of people or things