Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• lock out: To prevent someone from entering a place by locking the door.
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• under the influence: Affected by alcohol or drugs to the extent that mental and physical control is markedly diminished.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• neuron: A nerve cell
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• act: To behave in a certain way
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• intern: Person working to get experience/train for a job
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• negatively: In a harmful, unwanted or unhelpful manner
• chorus: Part of a song that is repeated
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• dental: Concerning the teeth
• barricade: Objects (on a road) to stop people getting past
• gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
• positively: In a manner showing agreement or support for
• opium: Addictive drug made from the seeds of a poppy
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• poppy: Red flowering plant, a source of heroin
• ether: Formerly, liquid inducing sleep before dental work