Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• have to: Must do
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• add on: To attach or include something extra.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• start up: A newly established business.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• narrative: The telling of a story
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• steer: A cow
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• template: Shape that is used as a pattern to make something
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• automatic: Done without conscious thought
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• exacerbate: To increase the severity or bitterness of
• persona: Personality that you project in public
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• negativity: Tendency to deny or resist suggestions or commands
• seed: A person's children; offspring
• confirmation: Approval or check of something
• reshape: To form something into a new shape
• rewire: To put new electricity cables in (a building)
• pave: To build a hard even surface for traveling on
• tarmac: Rock and tar used to make roads
• ingrain: To be deeply attached or fixed in
• formative: Having a long-term effect; giving form or shape
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'