Vocabulary

• break into: To start suddenly (crying, panicking, etc.)
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• kick ass: To decisively defeat someone
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• have to: Must do
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• check out
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• participant: Person involved or included in something
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• perpetual: Continuing forever
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• rapport: Understanding or empathy between two people
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• anterior: Front
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• point: An item to be discussed
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• empathize: To imagine or understand how others feel
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• incompatible: Not able to get on, be used together
• curfew: Order requiring people to be at home at night
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• processing: To organize and use data in a computer
• frontal: Belonging to the forward part
• persuasion: Using reasons to make people believe something
• abstinence: Not doing things thought to be bad, e.g. drinking
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• adversarial: Involving opposition or disagreement
• orbital: Concerning an orbit
• wallpaper: Decorative paper for the walls of rooms
• stairway: Way of access consisting of a set of steps