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Geography Vocab
8.3-8.5
Term | Definition |
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Meditate | think deeply and focus ones mind |
Enlightment | the acts or means of enlightening |
Ascetic | a person who practices great self-denial |
Nirvana | the extinction of desire |
Monastery | a building occupied by a community of monks |
Missionary | a person sent on a religious mission |
Bodhisattva | one who seeks awakening |
Consequence | a result of an action |
Illusion | something that's likely to be wrongly interpreted |
Punjab | state in northwest India |
Nonviolent Resistance | civil resistance |
Discrimination | the unjust treatment toward someone different |
Partition | dividing |
Nonalignment | forum of 120 countries |
Flourish | grow in a healthy way |
Concentrated | focused |
Topography | artificial physical features of an area |
Monsoon | season of heavy rain |
Sparse | scattered elements |
Overwhelmingly | great majority |