Vocabulary

• make up: To invent or create a story
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
• fill out: To become fatter
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• express: To send something by fast mail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• chill: State of being a little cold
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• compulsive: Having difficulty to stop yourself doing something
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• account: An advantage
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• aid: To help others and provide things
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• unconsciously: Without thinking; not deliberately
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• regulation: Act of controlling something with rules or orders
• intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
• regard: Admiration or respect for a person or thing
• bowel: End part of the intestine, connected to the anus
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• prevalence: Fact of being widespread or common
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• license: To give official permission to do something
• qualify: To earn a qualification through exam, studying
• chromosome: Cell structures that carry the genetic material
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• questionnaire: Form used to get information from many people
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• psychosocial: Psychological development in social environments