Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• leave it there: To put something down and not move it from that location.
• throw off: To put out (heat, smell etc.); emit
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• have to: Must do
• full day: A complete day, from morning to night.
• in the business of: Engaged in a particular commercial activity or profession.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• couple: To join something to something else
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• tune: To make adjustments to equipment to make it better
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• arise: To stand up
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• phantom: A spirit or ghost existing only in a person's mind
• bundle: A group of things that are tied/fastened together
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• limb: Leg, arm, branch or wing
• prosthetic: Artificial
• elbow: Middle part of the arm, which bends
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• artifact: Object made by humans, e.g. ancient tool
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• interference: Unwanted involvement in the concerns of others
• implant: To put something into, an idea in someone's mind
• come: To arrive at a place
• interface: Place where things come together to communicate
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• radiate: To show a lot of feeling clearly
• radius: Area around a certain point
• residual: Referring to the amount left over
• amputation: Cutting off of one or more limbs (by a doctor)
• socket: Area into which (e.g. a bone) will fit
• titanium: Light, extremely strong, whitish silver metal
• fingertip: End (tip) of a finger
• graft: Obtaining money by the dishonest use of influence
• electrode: Device to connect electronic machines to the body
• sever: To cut off
• bicep: Muscle of the front upper arm
• silicone: Any of large class of siloxanes; used in coatings
• radial: Having straight lines coming out from the center
• changer: A person who changes something
• loudspeaker: Machine that makes sound louder