Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• come to terms with: To accept something difficult or unpleasant.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• finish up: To complete or bring something to an end.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• cling to: To hold onto something tightly, often for support or safety.
• circle back: To return to a previous topic or point in conversation.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• exception: Something different or not included
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• smack: To slap or hit, e.g. with a resounding noise
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• embodiment: The perfect example of a concept; personification
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• thermostat: Instrument that controls temperature in buildings
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mount: To attach something to something else
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• negatively: In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
• fruition: Successful result of a plan, process or activity
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• staircase: Flight of stairs and the structures supporting it
• closure: Feeling of accepting a death, divorce etc.
• psychic: Concerning the mind and its workings
• entropy: Lack of order in a system
• dab: Light and quick touch
• pathology: Study of diseases and their effect on the body
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done