Key terms & definitions

Training to increase power through an eccentric contraction followed rapidly by a larger concentric contraction, as in bounding or depth jumping.

A manufactured board made from wood veneers glued together with neighbouring grain directions at right angles.

A form of plague affecting the lungs which can spread between people through infectious respiratory droplets.

Illegally hunting or taking animals on land where someone else holds the hunting rights.

The illegal hunting or capture of wild animals.

Cooking food gently in liquid below boiling point, particularly suitable for delicate ingredients.

Specialist merchants who organised long-distance trade, particularly in luxury goods, in the Aztec world.

An audio programme made available online for streaming or downloading, often as part of a series.

A raised platform supporting a temple, approached by steps.

The voice speaking within a poem, which should not automatically be treated as an exact account of the poet’s own experiences.

An officially appointed national poet whose role includes writing poetry connected with public occasions.

Writing that uses carefully chosen language, imagery, rhythm or other patterns to communicate meaning and feeling.

A violent attack on a Jewish community.

An exact position with no length, width or area, usually labelled with a capital letter such as $A$.

A deposit of river sediment on the inside of a meander, associated with a gently sloping bank called a slip-off slope.

An idealised charged object whose size is negligible compared with the distances being considered.

The straight-line equation $y-y_1=m(x-x_1)$, using a known gradient and a known point on the line.

A source treated as emitting light from a single point, with the light spreading outwards.

A place on a bone where a muscle is anchored, allowing its contraction to pull on the bone.

A shared issue or feature used to explain a meaningful similarity or difference between films.

The point of contact is the point where a tangent touches a circle.

A point where a curve changes its direction of curvature, as at the centre of the graph of $y=x^3$.

A point that lies on two graphs; its coordinates satisfy both graph equations.

The place where a food is grown, reared or otherwise obtained before processing.

An arrangement of products and promotional material where customers make purchases, designed to attract attention and encourage buying.

Promotion where food is selected or bought, such as shelf displays, eye-level positioning and checkout promotions.

A promotional activity used where customers buy products, intended to attract attention and encourage purchases.

The perspective from which a text is written, such as a first-person narrator or a writer’s position on an issue.

The perspective through which spectators experience a narrative, shaping what they see, hear and know.

A shot that shows what a character appears to be looking at, aligning the viewer with that character’s viewpoint.