1. Veterinarian - a person who is trained to give medical care and treatment to animals; an animal doctor 2.

Baccalaureate - the degree of bachelor, conferred by universities and colleges 3. Associates degree - a degree granted especially by junior colleges after completion of two years of study 4. Private practice - the practice of one's profession as an independent rather than as an employee 5. D.V.M. - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; obtained after first getting a bachelor's degree, in most cases 6. Communicable - capable of being transmitted; in other words, "catchy" 7. Aptitude - a natural ability to do something or to learn something 8. Board certification - the process of certifying that a physician has passed an examination and met the standards of a professional organization representing a particular medical specialty 9. Accreditation - to be recognized (as an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher or more specialized institutions or for professional practice 10. Researcher - a person who undertakes studious inquiry or examination; whose investigations or experiments are aimed at the discovery/interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories/laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such theories/laws 11. Consultant - a person who gives professional advice or services to companies for a fee; a doctor of the highest rank who is an expert in a particular area of medicine 12. Occupation - the work that a person does; a person's job or profession 13. Postsecondary education- education beyond that provided by secondary schools (high school or college preparatory school); postsecondary refers to those institutions beyond high school, such as colleges and universities 14. Licensure - the granting of licenses, especially to engage in professional practice 15. G.R.E. - The Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) is a standardized test that is an admissions requirement for most graduate schools in the United States; the exam aims to measure verbal reasoning, quantitative reasoning, analytical writing, and critical thinking skills that have been acquired over a long period of time and that are not related to any specific field of study 16. Veterinary technologist - paraveterinary worker with a formal scope of practice and a degree of autonomy, thus likely to have both formal qualifications and also require a formal registration with a monitoring body; referred to as veterinary or animal health technicians/technologists 17. Veterinary assistant - a person with fewer or no formal animal health qualifications, who has no autonomous practice, but who is designated to assist a vet and act under their direct instruction; training programs are often workplace based, and no formal license or certification is required to perform the role 18. Major - of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization 19. Minor - of or relating to an academic subject requiring fewer courses than a major 20. Intern - a student or recent graduate who works for a period of time at a job in order to get experience 21. Contingency plan - a course of action to be followed if a preferred plan fails or an existing situation changes 22. Honors courses more in-depth courses weighed more on a students GPA than in a standard course of study though less than an AP class 23. Advanced Placement or AP courses - these are college-level courses that students can take while in high school; typically, the school offers these courses to students who are in the honors program or who have completed all the high school courses available in the subject; although not all colleges grant students college credit for the courses, some students may receive college credit for taking them (if they score well on the AP test) 24. Credit hour -the unit of measuring educational credit usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term 25. GPA - Grade Point Average; the average obtained by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of credits attempted, also called quality point average