Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• answer for: Be responsible for and explain one's actions.
• kick in: (Of a medicine, plan, etc.) to start to have an effect; become operative
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• like cats and dogs: Constantly quarrelling or fighting strongly.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• such as: For example; like
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• plug in
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• overwhelming majority: A very large majority; a majority that is so large as to be almost unanimous.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• regardless of
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• think back: To recapture the past
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• option: A choice
• neuron: A nerve cell
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• anatomy: Scientific study of the structure of (human) body
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• broad: General; not detailed
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• tweak: To make a small change or adjustment
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• stump: To campaign by making political speeches
• exertion: Use of physical or mental energy; hard work
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• detriment: Harm; damage
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• hierarchical: Separating into varying levels of importance
• ancestry: Family or race from which a person is descended
• actionable: Something you can act on
• worsen: To make or become worse
• appendix: Additional information at the end of a document
• memorization: Conscious learning of something e.g. words
• foundational: Being the base or important starting point
• axon: Long nerve fiber that leads away from a neuron
• refractory: Not responding to treatment
• propagation: Spreading of something (a belief or practice)
• shortness: Condition or state of being short