Vocabulary

• study for: To prepare for an examination or test by learning and revising the subject matter.
• deal with
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• superficial: On the surface only; not deep
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• role: Character played by an actor
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• daily: Happening every day
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hardship: When life is not easy, e.g. through being poor
• equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
• critique: A review of the quality of a work
• geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
• cream: Pale color that is yellowish white
• transatlantic: Going across the Atlantic Ocean