Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• pull down: To destroy an old building; demolish
• for instance: As an example.
• cranial nerves: The twelve paired nerves that originate in the brainstem and reach various parts of the head, neck, and torso.
• dim the lights: To reduce the brightness of lights.
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• instance: An example of something; case
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• acronym: A word made from the first letters of other words
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• respond: To answer something or someone
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• dilate: (Of the iris of the eye, etc.) to get bigger
• previously: At an earlier time
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• gaze: Direction you are looking
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• dim: Not bright; not being clear
• accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
• equipment: Tools or materials used to perform a task
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• cardinal: Of the greatest importance; paramount
• drainage: Process of removing water or liquid from something
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• involuntary: Without a person specifically wanting or trying to
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• eyelid: The skin that covers the eyes when you close them
• socket: Area into which (e.g. a bone) will fit
• reactive: Easily reacting to; responsive
• iris: Round colored part of an eye