1. Resiliency Unit Vocabulary

2. Adversity (ad-ver-si-ty)
Definition: a difficult situation or condition : misfortune or tragedy
Part of Speech: noun
Word in context: “He showed courage in the face of adversity.”

3. Capacity (ca-pa-ci-ty)
Definition: the ability to do something
Part of Speech: noun
Word in context: “Some species of birds do not have the capacity [=ability] to fly.”

4. Cope (cope)
Definition: to deal with problems and difficult situations and try to come up with solutions
Part of Speech: verb
Word in context: “The class has been difficult, but I'm learning to cope.”

5. stereotype (stereo-type)
Definition: an unfair and untrue belief that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same
Part of Speech: noun
Word in context: “President Trump said stereotypes about immigrants during his presidential campaign.”

6. cite (cite)
Definition: to mention (write) an example from a text to support an idea or opinion
Part of Speech: verb
Word in context: “Cathy cites examples from the article to show the main idea.”

7. misconceptions (mis-con-cep-tions)
Definition: a wrong or mistaken idea
Part of Speech: noun
Word in context: “Sandy had the misconception that she failed the class because Mr. Thomas didn’t like her.”

8. Refute (re-fute) Definition: to prove that something is not true
Part of Speech: verb
Word in context: “Carlos refuted the idea that the world is flat.”