Vocabulary

• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• the leading cause: The most significant or primary reason for something.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• fill out: To become fatter
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• mental: Concerning the mind
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• seek: To ask someone for help
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• fault: A failure or negative aspect of
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• fill: To make something full
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• racial: Of or relating to race
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• questionnaire: Form used to get information from many people
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• clinically: With respect to treating and observing patients
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
• generational: Concerning people born at about the same time