Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• section: A part of a whole
• subconscious: Occurring in the mind without direct thinking
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• bilingual: Being able to speak two languages well
• neuron: A nerve cell
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• fluently: In an able and easy manner
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• outgoing: Leaving a place or a position
• linguist: Person who speaks several languages
• plasticity: Property of being able to physically bend