Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• lead to: To result in some action
• do harm: To cause damage or injury.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• adorable: Lovable or appealing, e.g. like a cute child
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• urge: A strong desire for something
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• elicit: To get an answer or reaction from
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• juvenile: Concerning young people or children
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• pituitary: Concerning the pituitary gland
• consequential: Following as a logical conclusion or result
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• crest: Showy part growing from the top of a bird's head
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• acutely: Strongly and suddenly
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• plump: Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• domesticate: To train an animal as a pet or to do work; tame
• close: Almost; near
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• call: A order or request for action
• fumble: To search or reach for in an awkward manner
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• schema: Pattern used to aid in understanding
• hypothesize: To come up with a theory to explain something
• embryonic: Undeveloped, as if in an early stage
• rounder: More like a circle or sphere