Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• going on: To continue doing something
• sit around: To spend time idly; to do nothing in particular.
• physical manifestations: Bodily symptoms or signs of a disease or condition.
• narrow down: To reduce the number of possibilities or choices.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• first up: Firstly; to begin with; the first item on a list or agenda.
• in sync: Operating or occurring at the same time or rate.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• distant memory: A memory that is old and not very clear.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• prevalent: Being common; occurring frequently
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• surplus: More than is needed or wanted
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• sync: Short for 'synchronization'
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• fragment: Part that is broken off of something
• peripheral: Computer devices attached to the computer
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• familiarity: Manner of talking or behaving
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• recollection: A past occurrence that is remembered
• choreograph: To arrange the movements of dances and dancers
• hologram: Three-dimensional image formed by light
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother