Reading Glossary “What are you afraid of?” (Unit 5, page 56) a shot: an injection dread: extreme fear laughed off: not considered serious irrational: illogical or based solely on emotion, not evidence overwhelming: powerful; impossible to overcome it’s no joke: it’s very serious built-in: something one is born with sweating: perspiring; releasing liquid from one’s skin because of nervousness exaggerated: greatly increased in importance unrelated to: not connected to enormous: huge; very long embarrassed: ashamed of one’s actions an anxiety: a physical or emotional fear reaction takes over: takes control of deal with: manage getting in your way: preventing you from living normally interfering with: preventing something from happening chances are: it’s probable weird: strange; unusual Summit 2, Second Edition Copyright © 2012 by Pearson Education, Inc Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use