Vocabulary
- episode: One separate event in a series of events
- sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
- individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
- context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
- physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
- pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
- dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
- immediately: Without any delay; straight away
- instance: An example of something; case
- aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
- bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
- psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
- experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
- stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
- hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
- pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
- feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
- tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
- shift: To change in position or direction
- rage: Strong or violent anger
- brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
- mean: Average of a set of numbers
- state: Region within a country, with its own government
- dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
- neural: About the nerves or nervous system
- generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
- genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
- behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
- attention: Taking notice of someone or something
- observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
- cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
- melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
- evoke: To bring forth a certain feeling or memory
- internal: Being or happening in the body
- testosterone: Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
- enzyme: A protein made by cells
- aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
- biological: Being related to life and living things
- lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- important: Having power or authority
- kind: In a caring and helpful manner
- order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
- system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
- fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
- mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
- receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
- stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
- hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
- gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
- hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
- propensity: Natural tendency to behave in a particular way
- sauna: Room in which hot steam is used to clean the body
- supplementation: Process of adding an extra part to something
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She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.
Vocabulary
- brave
adj. Having courage
- comfort zone
phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe
Explanation
a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step".
forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead".
The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.
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brave
US/brev/
UK/breɪv/
adj.Brave
v.t.To bravely face
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