Dreams

Vocabulary review
The science that studies dreams
- Oneirology

The stage during sleep in which we are

dreaming
- REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement)

The organ which allow you to see

(including the part that is inside your
head)
- Eyeball

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Being aware and even controlling
your dreams
- Lucid dreaming

The piece of skin which covers the

eye when closed
- Eyelid

The feeling of being conscious or

awake but being unable to move your
muscles
- Sleep paralysis
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A Typical 8 Hour Sleep Cycle

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VOCABULARY FROM READING PASSAGE:

• Inhibitor
• Rebound
• Shrapnel
• Ubiquitous
• Epiphenomenon
• Extraneous
• By-product
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VOCABULARY FROM READING PASSAGE:

• Inhibitor:
Something that stops or slows down a process.

• Rebound:
To recover in value, amount, or strength after a decrease or decline.

• Shrapnel:
Small pieces of metal that fly through the air when a bomb or similar weapon
explodes and are intended to injure people.

• Ubiquitous:
Found, existing or present everywhere. 7
VOCABULARY FROM READING PASSAGE:

• Epiphenomenon:
A secondary process that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary
phenomenon.

• Extraneous:
Not directly connected with or related to something.

• By-product:
Something that is produced as a result of making something else, or
something unexpected that happens as a result of something.
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 VOCABULARY FROM READING PASSAGE:
Inhibitor: Something that stops or slows down a process.

Rebound: To recover in value, amount, or strength after a decrease or decline.

Shrapnel: Small pieces of metal that fly through the air when a bomb or similar weapon explodes
and are intended to injure people.

Ubiquitous: found, existing or present everywhere.

Epiphenomenon: A secondary process that occurs alongside or in parallel to a primary

phenomenon.

Extraneous: Not directly connected with or related to something.

By-product: Something that is produced as a result of making something else, or something

unexpected that happens as a result of something.
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 ANSWERS:
1. E 8. A
2. F 9. E
3. G 10. F
4. D 11. D
5. C 12. A
6. B 13. G
7. D 14. B

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