Vocabulary Group 2

Bulimic p.107 – someone suffering from bulimia, a serious physical and emotional illness in which people and especially young women eat large amounts of food and then cause themselves to vomit in order not to gain weight

Anorexic p.107 – someone suffering from anorexia, a serious physical and emotional illness in which an abnormal fear of being fat leads to very poor eating habits and dangerous weight loss

Primate p.115 – A mammal of the order Primates, which includes the anthropoids and prosimians, characterized by refined development of the hands and feet, a shortened snout, and a large brain.

Retroactive p.122 – applying or referring to events in the past

Penultimate p.124 – second to last

     Repressed p.131 – shy, reserved, withdrawn

        

     Contempt p.144 – dislike, disrespect, scorn

     Shamans – A member of certain tribal societies who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices magic or sorcery for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events.