Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• inherently: As an essential part of
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• logical: Sensible; reasonable
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• metric: Based on the meter as a standard of measurement
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• critically: As part of the process of judging something
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• specter: Mental representation of some haunting experience
• lion: Large wild cats from Africa and south Asia