Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• early bird: A person who gets up or arrives early.
• allow for: To take into consideration
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• check out
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• financial: Involving money
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• proactive: Acting to head off anticipated future problems
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• catchy: Being easy to like, remember (of songs)
• societal: Concerning society or a society
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• lag: Delay between two events
• predetermine: To decide or determine ahead of time
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information