Vocabulary

• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• chronological: Placed in order of time, usually of events
• important: Having power or authority
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• notification: Act of giving formal or official information
• drawer: Sliding box of a desk, closet used to store things
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• moderately: A reasonable or fair degree
• enrich: To make someone or something better
• positively: In a manner showing agreement or support for
• lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine
• unable: Not being able to do something
• unlimited: Being free from limits, restrictions or rules