Vocabulary

• cut into: To divide something into pieces with a sharp tool.
• slip away: To leave a place quietly or secretly, often to avoid attention.
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• such as: For example; like
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• check out
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• anterior: Front
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• stimulus: Something that causes a change
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• amnesia: Loss of the ability to remember
• gibberish: Unintelligible talking
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• asap: Shortened form of 'As soon as possible'
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• lemon: Badly made or poorly functioning product
• tot: A small child