Vocabulary

• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• have to: Must do
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• fend off: To defend and keep (threats) at distance
• positive impact: A beneficial or advantageous effect.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• educational attainment: The highest level of education that someone has completed.
• at least: As a minimum
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• in print: Available for sale in book form
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• time out: A brief suspension of activity; a pause.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mental: Concerning the mind
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• workout: Energetic exercise
• spatial: About space
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• avid: Very eager (fan, collector of something, etc.)
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• fend: To try to manage for yourself without assistance
• cognitively: With regard to cognition
• kindle: To arouse interest in; cause to exist or flourish
• accustom: To make someone or something become used to something.
• nonfiction: Not fiction; real or factual content of books