Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come about: To turn a boat around; (of boat) to turn around
• side with: To support one person or group against another in a disagreement.
• such as: For example; like
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• aside from
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• improve on: To make something better than it was before.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• enthusiastic: Excited and interested in something
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
• empathize: To imagine or understand how others feel
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• narcissism: Being in love with yourself, your own appearance
• empathetic: Exhibiting deep emotional understanding
• point: An item to be discussed
• despise: To have no respect whatsoever for a person/thing
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• annoy: To make someone angry
• burn: To destroy with fire
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• apathy: Feeling of indifference; not caring about anything
• bombard: To attack with weapons
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• obstruction: Any structure that makes progress difficult
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• foundational: Being the base or important starting point