Vocabulary

• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• have to: Must do
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• consider: To think carefully about something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• express: To send something by fast mail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• irritable: Annoyed; easily annoyed or angered
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• shrink: To become smaller
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• handy: Convenient, easy to use, easy to reach
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• negligent: Failing to take care of or pay attention to
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• synaptic: Concerning or involving synapses
• newborn: Having just/recently arisen or come into existence
• overwork: To make someone work too long or too hard
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information