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• TO MEDITATE To reflect, to

think deeply.

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• CORE CLASSESCentral courses

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• TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE WAY

To finish something.

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• TO CATCH SOMEBODY

To meet someone who is not prepared

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• TO HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT STHG

To reconsider

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• EXTRACURRICULAR Not relating

to school work.

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• SPIRITUAL Relating to

God or the soul.

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• HONORS PROGRAM

Program for exceptional students.

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• TO STRIVE FOR To apply effort.

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• TIME-CONSUMING Taking a long

time.

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• PRACTITIONER Someone

involved in an activity, e.g. a religion.

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• TO COMMIT ONESELF TO SOMETHING

To promise or give your loyalty, time or money to a particular principle, person or plan of action.

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• ASCETIC (adj)

Avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons.

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• FAST (noun) A period of

time when you eat no food.

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• TO ENCOMPASS

To include, especially a variety of things.

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• ULTIMATE (adj) The most

extreme or important.

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• SHRINE

A place for worship which is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object.

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• DOCTRINE

A belief or set of beliefs, especially political or religious, taught and accepted by a particular group.

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• CLERGY (plural noun)

Priests, especially in the Christian Church.

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• ORDINANCE A law or rule

made by a government or authority.

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• TO WORSHIP To have or show

a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god.

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• A SUPREME BEING

A name for a god or deity.

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• YOGIC (adj) Related to

yoga.

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• PERVASIVE (adj)

Present or noticeable in every part of a thing or place.

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• TO REFRAIN FROM SOMETHING

To avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something.

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• TO REPLENISH To fill

something up again.

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• TO PREVAIL

1 To get control or influence.

2 To be common among a group of people or area at a particular time.