Monday, August 26, 2013

Vocabulary: Fall #2

Obesity - more than average fatness

Many believe that obesity creates a major impact on our health.

Accumulate - collect or gather; get or gather together
He liked to accumulate rocks, bottles, and other odd things he'd find.

Mass - gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole, a large number or amount or extent
The mass of the block was more than the foam, even though they were equal size.

Disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning
Not every contagious infection is a disease.

Diet - the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods); the usual food and drink consumed by an organism
For some, a diet is hard, so they try and eat less than normal.

Prevalence - the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread
The idea had prevalence in normal society.

Stigma -  a symbol of disgrace or infamy
The feeling was his stigma, and he was ashamed of it.

Prevent(able) - prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; keep from happening or arising; make impossible
The police were able to prevent the man from jumping off the bridge.

Adolescent -  in the state of development between puberty and maturity
Most would consider people under 18, an adolescent.

Cardiovascular - of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels
Everyone has a cardiovascular system.

Excessive - beyond normal limits; unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
Her spending was excessive, she had a hard time fitting all her shoes in her closet.

Mechanism - the technical aspects of doing something
His reasons, the mechanism of his position, and his pride let him fall.
Sedentary - requiring sitting or little activity
He lived a sedentary lifestyle, which led to his weight gain.

Predispose - make susceptible
The predispose of her illness as a child would later effect her again in the future.

Syndrome - a complex of concurrent things; a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
Down Syndrome, a condition you can be born with, affects the brain causing intellectual impairment.

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