Vocab 1/3

1. a series of actions that lead to a desired result
6. immature or inexperienced
7. unable to move, feel or function
9. to make an official and legally binding agreement to complete a task
11. to prevent or forbid, often the growth or progress of something
15. belonging to or occurring in the present time
16. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
17. a separate telephone in a setting containing multiple telephones, on a line leading from the main switchboard but having its own additional number

2. no longer feeling anxious or upset
3. particular, stated in detail
4. the act of separating people based on factors such as race, class gender, or ethnic group
5. to become stagnant; to stop growing or changing
8. intending or showing kindness and generosity
10. strongly dedicated
11. to draw in as a participant; to include
12. to inject, in a controlled way, a live virus into a person, who may or may not already be infected with the virus, as a way to build immunity
13. the intervening material through which information is conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects from a distance
14. to express intense grief or sorrow
15. a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open