Vocabulary

• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• such as: For example; like
• eat in: To have a meal at home instead of going out.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• eat into: To reduce the amount of something, especially money.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at least: As a minimum
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• factor: Something that influences a result
• seek: To ask someone for help
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• neuron: A nerve cell
• gender: State of being male or female
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• respond: To answer something or someone
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• broccoli: Vegetable with thick branches and green flowers
• mercy: Kind instead of harsh treatment of someone
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• hop: Dance party
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• simulation: A copying method to study the real world
• slurp: To drink noisily
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• contradictory: (Of evidence) showing the opposite
• frontal: Belonging to the forward part
• sugary: Too sweet; insincere
• strife: Conflict or discord
• orbital: Concerning an orbit