Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• spring for: To pay for something, often unexpectedly or generously.
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• address: Exact street location of a place
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• advent: First appearance of something important
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• procedure: A medical operation
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• cerebral: Having or concerning ideas rather than emotions
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• amnesia: Loss of the ability to remember
• cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• broadly: In a general (not detailed) manner
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• landmark: Event that marks a change or turning point
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• slab: Thick, flat slice of something
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• ether: Formerly, liquid inducing sleep before dental work
• bedside: (Of bed) by the side of a bed
• gamma: Third letter of the Greek alphabet