- page:1 paragraph:1 acanthema- rare, african poisonous plant
- page:34 paragraph:2 behaviorist- a scientist who specializes in behavior
- page: 37 paragraph:2 dementia- loss or impairment of mental powers due to organic disease
- page:37 paragraph:2 incipient- just beginning to exist or come to notice
- page: 87 paragraph:2 persona non grata- a person who is not acceptable
- page:106 paragraph:7 bona for tuna- latin for good fortune
- page:111 paragraph:2 pathologist- a physician who specializes in the nature or cause of disease
- page:148 paragraph:1 stoicism- the philosophy of the Stoics
- page:176 paragraph:8 gunwale- the upper edge or side of a boat
- page:185 paragraph:5 reverie- dreamy thinking, esp. of agreeable things, daydreaming