Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• deal with
• work out
• give it up: To stop trying to do something
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• downside: Negative aspect of something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• mantra: Repeated expression, as in Hindu/Buddhist prayers
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• constructive: Having positive effective results
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• dissonance: Lack of harmony or agreement
• recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• indirectly: In a manner that is not direct or straight
• famously: In a manner or to an extent that is well known