Vocabulary

• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• at a loss
• such as: For example; like
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• call: A order or request for action
• fluent: Doing something well and with ease
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• conduct: Your behavior
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• area: Amount of measured space
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• prevalent: Being common; occurring frequently
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• injury: Physical or emotional harm or damage
• loss: Friend, family, or other loved person's death
• auditory: Of the process of hearing
• physician: A medical doctor
• assist: To help
• comprehend: To understand the meaning of
• receptive: Being open to hearing and considering new ideas
• specialized: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• grammatical: Conforming to the rules of syntax
• unable: Not being able to do something
• expressive: Clearly or with passion
• plasticity: Property of being able to physically bend
• sclerosis: (Medical) process in which a soft tissue becomes hard
• inflection: Change in a person's voice when talking
• lesion: Damaged area on a part of the body
• parkinson: English surgeon
• aphasia: Reduced language ability due to stroke, etc.
• governs: To officially control land and make policies