Key terms & definitions

The longer of the two arcs joining two points on a circle; its central angle is greater than $180^\circ$.

An important addition or alteration that substantially changed a site’s buildings, organisation or use.

Army officers appointed to supervise security and moral reform in twelve regions during Cromwell’s Protectorate, beginning in 1655.

More than half the seats in the House of Commons. With 650 seats, an overall seat majority is at least 326.

Social influence in which the views or behaviour of most members of a group affect an individual.

The larger sector formed by two radii, with a reflex central angle greater than $180^\circ$.

Cosmetics and other alterations to a performer's appearance used to convey character, age, physical condition or a particular visual style.

An action disapproved of under Islamic law but not carrying a specified punishment.

A string of prayer beads used to count repetitions of a mantra and support concentration.

The Arabic word for angels.

The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding word, often for comic effect.

An infectious disease transmitted to people by infected mosquitoes.

An infectious disease caused by malarial protists and transmitted by mosquito vectors.

A disease caused by protist pathogens and transmitted by mosquitoes, causing recurrent fever and sometimes death.

A disease-causing protist belonging to the genus Plasmodium.

A dissatisfied, resentful character who feels alienated from society and criticises or disrupts it.

Men’s exercise of power and authority over women in society.

A way of representing women primarily as objects of visual pleasure for an assumed heterosexual male viewer.

A way of representing women primarily as objects of male visual pleasure rather than as people with their own perspectives and goals.

Someone with access to a system who deliberately uses that access to harm the organisation or gain access to resources they are not entitled to use.

Describes a cancerous tumour whose cells invade neighbouring tissues and may spread to other parts of the body.

A cancerous tumour whose cells can invade surrounding tissues and spread to other parts of the body.

A cancerous growth whose cells invade neighbouring tissues and can spread in the blood to form tumours elsewhere.

An Indigenous woman, also known as Malinali and Doña Marina, who spoke Maya and Nahuatl and became an interpreter for Cortés.

The ability of a material to be hammered or pressed into a new shape without breaking.

The ability of a material to be hammered or bent into a different shape without breaking.

The ability of a material to be shaped by compressive forces, such as hammering or rolling, without cracking.

Able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking.

Able to be bent or hammered into shape without breaking.

Poor health caused by not getting enough food or the right balance of nutrients.