SLEEP
This stage of sleep is crucial for dreaming; without it, dreams are rarely remembered.
REM sleep
Lifting these is a classic way to strengthen your arm muscles.
LIFTING WEIGHTS
This word refers to money earned from sales or business operations.
revenue
Donating money, time, or support to a cause is an example of this.
AID
Oprah Winfrey rose from _______ beginnings to become an overnight success.
humble
As we age, our amount of deep slow-wave sleep does this at about 2% per decade.
declines
To fight sickness, you should boost the function of this body defense system.
IMMUNE SYSTEM
A person with passion for their project shows great _______.
enthusiasm
Helping animals or people are examples of personal _______ for giving.
motives
Costa Rica’s Nicoya is known as a “blue zone” because it has many of these long-lived individuals.
centenarians
Weight gain, sickness, and poor concentration are three factors often _______ to sleep disorders.
interrelated
Life coaches often give practical life “tricks” or short strategies also known as _______.
HACKS
WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF ENTHUSIASM?
Indifference, disinterest, apathy, dispair, hopelessness
In the charity context, this word means money collected or given for a cause.
funds
Older Nicoyans live with children or grandchildren, giving them a sense of this.
purpose
If you can’t remember your dreams, it’s possible that this isn’t occurring normally.
REM sleep
Gaining weight, falling sick, and lacking focus can happen when your sleep has been _______.
disrupted
Outsourcing work overseas can cause delays in shipping, meaning deadlines cannot be _______.
guaranteed
Volunteers often build this physical backbone of society: roads, plumbing, electricity systems, etc.
infrastructure
The doctor ran tests to _______ other possible causes of the patient’s health problems.
eliminate
This term describes being physically or mentally devoted to work, sometimes leading to burnout.
committed
To evaluate environmental impact, entrepreneurs often need a scientific _______.
collaborator (expert)
The city hosting the Olympics must budget for facilities and other _______ like hotels and transport.
expenditures
Pandemic shipping delays showed the dangers of relying too heavily on this global strategy.
outsourcing/overseas production