Vocabulary

• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• set off: To start a journey
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• dawn: First light of day
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• streak: An continuous amount of something, e.g. luck
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• aversion: Strong feeling of dislike
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• orgasm: Moment of most intense pleasure when having sex
• microbe: Very small, microscopic, living thing
• reproduce: To make a copy of something
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• inject: To add or put in more (money, energy etc.)
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds