Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• shrink: To become smaller
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• account: An advantage
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• repetitive: Doing or saying the same things many times
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• option: A choice
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• emission: A substance (e.g. gas) released into the air
• bladder: Soft bag which holds liquid or air
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• apathy: Feeling of indifference; not caring about anything
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• temporal: Concerning time
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• tau: 19th letter of the Greek alphabet