ELA- Are contact sports worth the risk vocab terms

Chronic

long-lasting, repeating, and difficult to solve or cure

Cognitive

relating to thinking, reasoning or other intellectual activity

Collide

to crash into something

Cumulative

increasing over time as more and more is added

Epidemic

a sudden increase in how often something bad happens

Impair

to weaken or damage

Paramount

most important; superior

Prevalent

common

Trend

a general change in the way a situation develops or people behave