Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• touch in: Use a card or device to register entry in public transport.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• mental: Concerning the mind
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• strike: To hit something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
• manic: Very excited in an almost uncontrollable way
• visionary: Thinking about the future in an imaginative way
• ward: Person's name
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• psychotic: Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
• disclaimer: Written denial of any legal responsibility
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
• suicidal: Feeling you may kill yourself; depressed
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• tribal: Concerning or about a tribe
• incarcerate: To put in prison; to jail someone
• chemically: By means of a chemical process
• healer: One supposed to help others get well
• shaman: Priest who uses magic/spirits to heal or predict