Vocabulary

• out of nowhere: Suddenly and unexpectedly; from an unknown place or source.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• bed out: To plant young plants outdoors in a garden bed.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• going on: To continue doing something
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• strike out: To not hit the ball when playing baseball
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• emotional triggers: Stimuli that provoke strong emotional reactions, often linked to past experiences or trauma.
• at the worst: Used to describe the worst possible situation or outcome.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• urge: A strong desire for something
• evolve: To develop certain features
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• permission: Right to do something as allowed by another
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• scent: To become aware of the presence of a smell, etc.
• mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• shortcut: A route that is shorter than the normal
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli