Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• get into it: To become interested in something and enjoy it.
• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• lead to: To result in some action
• at the moment: At this time; now
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• family ties: The connections and relationships between members of a family.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• mental: Concerning the mind
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• incapable: Not capable or able to do something
• rebellion: Act of conflicting with someone in authority
• configuration: A shape or outline; a method of arrangement
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• detachment: Feeling of not being personally involved
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• longitudinal: Going from the top to the bottom of something
• mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
• psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in
• asexual: Without sexual organs; not involving sex