Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• prove out: To test something in a practical way to see if it works or is effective.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at least: As a minimum
• stave off: To keep something away; To repel
• in terms of
• keep out of: To avoid entering a place; to stay away from a place.
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• mental: Concerning the mind
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• tremendous: Very good or very impressive
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strength: Condition of being strong
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• live: To be alive
• intimately: Privately and personally
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• pathological: (Liar, etc.) behaving in an uncontrollable (bad)
• rugby: Game played by two teams with an oval ball
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• stave: Wooden post used in structures and buildings
• pathology: Study of diseases and their effect on the body
• leaky: Allowing fluid or air to enter or escape
• noxious: (Of substance) poisonous/harmful to living things
• vascular: Of tubes through which fluids flow in body/plant
• whiplash: Neck/back injury from sudden jerk, as in car crash