A person's mental or physical condition, OR the state of being free from illness or injury.

A person who is trying to get elected to an office.

Money that is in physical form, like bills or coins.

Example: "The hoodmart doesn't have a credit card machine, so you have to bring cash if you want to buy anything."

Any organism that belongs to the Animal Kingdom.

Example: "Animals are a very diverse group which include everything from microscopic dust mites to blue whales, which are 3 trillion times their size."

A short musical composition consisting of a melody, a rhythm, and usually some words

When an illness spreads from one person to the other. Example: "You make the flu more contagious when you don't wash your hands or cover your mouth when you sneeze and spread your filthy germs all over my classroom.

When different branches of government oppose each other to prevent one group or branch from having too much power.

Example: "The Supreme Court is part of the system of checks and balances in the US, because they can rule that a law passed by Congress and the President is unconstitutional, and people can not be prosecuted for breaking it."

When you owe money that you have borrowed (from a credit card company, a bank, a mobster, etc.).

The branch of science that studies matter and energy, and the way they interact with each other.

Example: "Physics equations can tell you how much energy is blasted into you if you get hit by a car going 55mph.

Frequently used in hip-hop, a sample is a short snippet taken from another song and re-arranged and combined with other to make the backing music (or beat) for the vocalist to rap over.

Not harmful or detrimental to a patient's health. For example, a tumor that is not life-threatening.

A person, idea, committee, or bill that is created without being biased towards a political party or agenda. Example: "The nonpartisan bill to stop human trafficking was passed unanimously by the Senate."

When people use the court system to get negotiate or get rid of debts that they can't pay off.

The study of the things the Earth is made of. Geologists study different kinds of rocks and minerals, help mining companies find valuable metals, and help energy companies find deposits of natural gas.

Example: "The geologist looked at the mineral samples taken from the mountain and advised the company to mine it for copper."

The speed (usually measured in "beats per minute" or bpm) that a song is played at. A fast tempo might be 160bpm, slower songs have tempos ranging from 50 to 80bpm.

A medical phenomenon that occurs when a person is given a medicine that does nothing (a "sugar pill"), but still sees improvement in the condition it was meant to treat.

Someone who dislikes or discriminates against other countries.

Example: "Donald Trump's ideas about immigration prove that he is xenophobic."

When the amount of debt increases by a certain percentage every month.

Example: "Payday loans charge up to 70% interest. You should never, ever borrow money from them."

Anthropogenic means "caused by human activity." Climate change means a change in the medium to long term weather patterns.

Example: "Anthropogenic climate change is causing hurricanes to become more powerful and more frequent, which has already caused billions of dollars of damage in the last decade.

An acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is a standard that allows digital instruments to interface with one another.

The development of secondary growths in cancer. Basically, when the cancer begins to spread to other areas of the body.

A candidate who is unknown or unexpected, but manages to either win an election or gain lots of attention.

When a bank, payday loan, loan shark, lends money they know you can't pay back so that they can lower your credit scorer, seize property, and do other immoral things.

Example: "Obama created the Consumer Protection Bureau to crack down on things like predatory lending."

A warming of the atmosphere caused by gases that trap heat, such as carbon dioxide and methane (or other carbon containing gases). Humans burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide because they are digging up carbon in the form of gas and oil and burning them for fuel. Farming releases methane due to the burping and farting of 100 million cows.

When the rhythm of a song does unexpected things instead of just going "THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP".