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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

DEFINITION:
The study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
Local experts in mental health, political science and neuropsychology told the Dayton Daily News that elections can be a difficult time for mental health as strongly held beliefs can be challenged by deep political divides.
Dayton Daily News, 07/22/2024

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1. Solstice

The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

The pattern produced on a photosensitive medium that has been exposed by holography and then photographically developed.


2. Eclectic

Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.


3. Bizarre

Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

A rebirth or revival.

An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.


4. Labyrinth

Having a backbone or spinal column.

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

An intricate structure of interconnecting passages through which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

A drawing consisting of the outline of something, especially a human profile, filled in with a solid color.


5. Ellipse

Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.

A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

The locus of points for which the sum of the distances from each point to two fixed points is equal


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LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.