Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• come down to: To become in the end a matter of
• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on the market: Available for sale.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• resist the urge: To fight against a strong desire or temptation.
• check out
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• urge: A strong desire for something
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• binge: To eat or drink too much at one time
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• impulsive: Acting without really thinking about it; rash
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• agony: Great pain or suffering
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• nail: Pointed piece of metal used to join pieces of wood
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• part: Division of a book
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• spreadsheet: Computer file for performing calculations
• processor: A machine that to makes something ready for use
• activation: Act of making something (e.g. a bomb) active
• gauntlet: Thick heavy glove worn to protect hands and arms
• unhealthy: Being in poor health; sickly
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar