Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• hinges on: Depends entirely on something.
• time left: The amount of time that remains or is available.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• stop working: To cease performing a task or function; to become non-operational.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• draw conclusions: To make a judgment or form an opinion based on the information available.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• clear up: To tidy things away, e.g. dirty dishes after meal
• due to: Because of; owing to
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• conduct: Your behavior
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• seek: To ask someone for help
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• discrepancy: Difference between amounts that should be the same
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• proficient: Being very skilled at something; being expert at
• conscientiousness: Taking care to do things as you know you should
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• statistical: Concerning the math of data
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• unfamiliar: Unusual; strange or unknown
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• datum: Item of factual information
• longitudinal: Going from the top to the bottom of something
• cognitively: With regard to cognition
• agreeableness: A temperamental disposition to be agreeable