Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• with age: As someone gets older; as time passes.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• have to: Must do
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• with time: As time passes; eventually.
• wear down: To erode or diminish something gradually through constant use or exposure.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• mental: Concerning the mind
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• grumpy: Easily annoyed and complaining
• novelty: Items that are unusual, interesting, or unique
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• factor: Something that influences a result
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• respond: To answer something or someone
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• noggin: A human head
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• brute: Man who is extremely violent or mean
• rewire: To put new electricity cables in (a building)
• grumble: To be displeased and complain about something
• triangle: Three people connected with each in a relationship
• cranberry: Small, dark-red berry used for juice, etc.
• pie: Baked food with a filling encased in pastry
• bagel: Glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll
• selectivity: Quality of being selective
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother
• grandpa: Your mother or father's father
• jay: Bird with a blue and white pattern on the wing
• grandparent: Your mother or father's parent