affect1: v have an effect on; make a difference to>touch the feelings of. affect2: v pretend to have or feel>use, wear or assume pretentiously or so as to impress. affect3: n emotion or desire as influencing behavior.
CONSCIOUSNESS: the state of being conscious. > the fact of awareness by the mind of itself and the world 2. one’s awareness of perception of something
CRITICAL MASS: the minimum amount of fissile materal needed to maintain a nuclear chain reaction 2. the minimum size or amount of resources required to start or maintain a venture
CORPOREAL: 1.of or relating to a person’s body, especially as opposed to their spirit> having a body. 2. consisting of material objects
DREAM: 1 a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep> a state of mind in which someone is not fully aware of their surroundings: he walked around in a dream 2 a cherished ambition or ideal; a fantasy >someone or something perceived as wonderful or perfect
ENIGMA: mysterious or puzzling thing or person
EXPONENTIAL: 1. (of an increae)becoming more and more rapid 2. of or expressed by a mathematical exponent
FARCE: 1. a comic dramatic work or genre using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including ludicrously improbable situations 2. an absurd event: the debate turned into a drunken farce
PHENOMENON: 1 a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause is in question 2. the object of a person’s perception 3. a remarkable thing or person
REAL: actually existing or occurring in fact, not imagined or supposed, 2. significant; serious: a real danger 3 relating to something as it is, not merely as it may be described or distinguished. 4 not artificial or made in imitation of something genuine, 5 rightly called so; proper: he’s my idea of a real man 6 adjusted for changes in the value of money; assessed by purchasing power 7 (of a number or quantity) having no imaginary part 8 (of an image) such that the light that forms it actually passes through; not virtual
REALITY: the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them 2. a thing that is actually experienced or seen 3. the quality of being lifelike. 4 the state or quality of having existence or substance. 5 existence that is absolute, self-sufficient, or objective, and not subject to human decisions or conventions
SIMULACRUM: 1. an image or representation of something or someone 2.an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute
TRANSCENDENTAL: of or relating to a spiritual realm >relating to or denoting Transcendentalism 2. presupposed in and necessary to experience; a priori 3 (of a quantity or function) not capable of being produced by the algebraical operations of addition, multiplication, and involution, ot the inverse operations.
UNREAL: 1. imaginary; not seeming real 2 unrealistic 3 incredible, amazing
VERACITY: conformity to facts; accuracy. >habitual truthfulness
VIRTUAL: 1 almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to atrics strict definition 2 not physically existing as such by t made by software to appear to do so 3 relating to points at which rays would meet if produced backwards: virtual image 4 relating to or denoting infinitesimal displacements of a point in a system
VIRTUAL REALITY: the computer generated simulation of a three dimensional image or environment that can be interacted with in a seemingly real or physical way by using special electronic equipment.
effect1: n a change which is aresult or consequenvve of an action or other cause> the ectent to which somtheing succeeds or is operative. 2 the state of being or becoming operative
Affect and effect are commonly confused. AFFECT is primarily a verb meaning make a difference to. EFFECT is used both as a noun and a verb, meaning a result or bring about (a result).
exemplar: n. a person or thing serving a typical example or appropriate model exemplary: adj. 1serving as a desirable model; very good 2(of a punishment) serving as a warning or deterrent >law> (of damages) exceeding the amount needed for simple compensation