Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• heart monitor: A medical device used to continuously monitor a patient's heart rate and rhythm.
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• out of reach: Cannot be touched as it is far away
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• miserable: Very unhappy
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
• paradigm: A set of ideas for understanding or explaining
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• option: A choice
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• agony: Great pain or suffering
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• staff: Employees of a company
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• lucid: Very clear; really easy to understand
• ordeal: Event that is difficult to survive, live through
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• underway: Happening now
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• efficacy: Ability to produce a desired outcome
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• harrowing: Extremely shocking or upsetting
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• psychoactive: Affecting the mind or mood
• paralyze: To be unable to move from loss of muscle function
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• narcotic: (Of a drug) leading to unconsciousness
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone