Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• paradigm: A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• innate: Being part of something's nature
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• analytical: Thinking in a detailed and intelligent manner
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• slate: To strongly criticize someone usually in public
• syntax: Study of the way words are organized in a sentence
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• noun: The subject or object of a sentence
• linguist: Person who speaks several languages
• versatility: Attribute of having a wide variety of skills