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Definition
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Term
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Types of Magic
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Force associated with wizards
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Magic
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Shielding oneself from mind reading
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Occlumency
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Mind reading
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Legilimancy
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Defending oneself against the Dark Arts
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Defense Against the Dark Arts
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Summoning the dead
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Necromancy
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Turning metals into gold
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Alchemy
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Properties of numbers
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Arithmancy
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Deals with plants
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Herbology
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Mixing ingredients to alter properties
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Potions
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Deals with enchanting objects
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Charms
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Intends to deal harm or inconvience
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Dark Arts
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Predicting future events
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Divination
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The study of celestial objects
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Astronomy
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Types of Spells
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Adds properties to a target
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Charm
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Modifies a target's memory
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Memory charm
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Improves the condition of a target
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Healing charm
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Alters the appearance of a target
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Transfiguration
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Creates an object from thin air
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Conjuration
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Removes an object from thin air
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Vanishment
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Turns a target into something else
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Transformation
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Switches a target with something else
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Switching
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Derives from dark magic
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Dark charm
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Causes inconvenience to a target
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Jinx
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Causes inconvenience or light bodily harm
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Hex
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Causes serious bodily harm to a target
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Curse
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Blocks the effects of another spell
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Counter-spell
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A spell done without speaking
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Non-verbal
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Types of Magical People
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a person that is magical
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Wizard
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female of the above
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Witch
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British term for non-magical person
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Muggle
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American term for non-magical person
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No-Maj
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Term for family with only magical blood in it
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Pureblood
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Term for family with some non-magical in it
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Half-blood
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Term for somebody who is born into a family of non-magical people
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Muggleborn
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Slur for the above
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Mudblood
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Person born from magical parents, but has no magical abilities themself
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Squib
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One that can turn themself into an animal
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Animagus
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One that can that can change their appearance at will
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Metamorphmagus
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A witch with an inherited condition that eventually turns themself into an animal permanently
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Maledictus
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One who can talk to snakes
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Parselmouth
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A witch/wizard involved with divination
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Seer
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A Dark Wizard catcher
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Auror
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One who is constant user of Dark Magic
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Dark Wizard
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One without powers of magical ancestry
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Underbeing
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Other terms
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Tool used by a magical being
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Wand
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An object created to extend the user's life by murdering someone
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Horcrux
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One of three objects created by the Peverell brothers
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The Deathly Hallows
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The condition of turning into a werewolf
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Lycanthropy
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The ability to talk to snakes
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Parseltongue
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A shallow stone basin used to view memories
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Pensieve
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Tests taken by fifth years at Hogwarts
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O.W.L.S.
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Tests taken by seventh years at Hogwarts
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N.E.W.T.S.
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