Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• by day: During the daytime; not at night.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• daily reality: The experiences and conditions of everyday life.
• energy sources: Materials or processes that can produce energy.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• lead to: To result in some action
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• urge: A strong desire for something
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• extreme: Very great in degree
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• due: When something is required or expected
• replenish: To fill up again
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• sanctuary: Place to find rest and relaxation
• adenosine: (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
• slumber: Act of sleeping; sleep
• devote: To dedicate
• flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
• sanity: Normal or sound powers of mind
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• daily: Happening every day
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• moody: Showing sudden or wide variations in mood
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• asleep: In a state of sleep; sleeping
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• relax: To calm or quiet yourself, or stop worrying