Vocabulary

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• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• couple: To join something to something else
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• important: Having power or authority
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• hurricane: Very severe storm usually occurs near the ocean
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• point: An item to be discussed
• cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• datum: Item of factual information
• antibody: Substance produced by the body to fight disease
• worsen: To make or become worse
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious