Vocabulary

• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• have to: Must do
• ass out: To eject someone forcibly from a place.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• go at it: To start doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• such as: For example; like
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• consider: To think carefully about something
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• amount: Quantity of something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• conduct: Your behavior
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• spike: The top point in a graph
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• pornography: Pictures or stories that stimulate sexual desire
• overdose: To take too many drugs, so that you might die
• orgasm: Moment of most intense pleasure when having sex
• quit: To leave a job
• porn: Short for pornography
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• hardcore: (Of sex films, etc.) extremely explicit
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• partake: To have or take a share, e.g. of food
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• morphine: Alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium
• masturbate: To emit semen by self-manipulation of the penis
• screwing: To cheat someone, as out of money/property