Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• climb into: To get into or onto something by climbing.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• build upon: To use something as a base for further development.
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• performance: Act of doing something
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• depth: Distance below a surface
• stubborn: Unwilling to give way or obey
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• absorption: Process of being absorbed e.g. liquid, attention
• dogma: Firm set of beliefs held by a group
• expiration: Coming to an end of a period, validity
• dismantle: To take something apart in an organized way
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• immature: Behaving like a child, especially emotionally
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• metaphorically: In a metaphorical manner
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• insulation: Material that is used to prevent heat, etc. passing
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• prune: A dried plum
• calibrate: To adjust an instrument to take exact measurements
• architectural: Concerning architecture
• synaptic: Concerning or involving synapses
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• crystallize: To make a substance form into crystals
• scaffold: To build on previous information or knowledge