Collection 3: Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect

As you read Frans de Waal's "Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 3: When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine, Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect, The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket, With Friends Like These…
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  1. Robinson Crusoe
    the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island
  2. Homo sapiens
    the only surviving hominid
  3. empathy
    understanding and entering into another's feelings
  4. synchronization
    coordinating by causing to indicate the same time
  5. contagion
    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  6. ingrained
    deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
  7. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  8. manipulation
    touching with the hands or by use of mechanical means
  9. suffice
    be adequate, either in quality or quantity
  10. cognition
    the psychological result of perception and reasoning
  11. implication
    a relation by virtue of involvement or close connection
  12. imitation
    copying the actions of someone else
  13. mimicry
    imitative behavior
  14. rational
    consistent with or based on or using reason
  15. node
    a connecting point at which several lines come together
Created on Wed Jul 09 20:12:49 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:33:37 EDT 2014)

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