Vocabulary

• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• chance of survival: The possibility of remaining alive, especially during a dangerous event.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in a box: Contained or confined inside a box or small space.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• have to: Must do
• check out
• deal with
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• dedicated: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• evolve: To develop certain features
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• identical: The same in every way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• roam: To move about freely without a set destination
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• inhibit: To stop a person expressing themselves normally
• important: Having power or authority
• neuroscientist: Neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• rodent: Animal that gnaws/bites, e.g. rat, mouse, rabbit
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• area: Amount of measured space
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• dorsal: Of the back of an animal, plane, etc.
• awry: Go awry to go wrong; not go as planned
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• thirst: Powerful desire or need for e.g. knowledge
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• loneliest: The saddest because apart from other people