Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• takes effect: To become operative; to come into force or begin to apply.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• for instance: As an example.
• on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• instance: An example of something; case
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• neuron: A nerve cell
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• permanently: For a long time; always
• euphoria: Extreme happiness, sometimes more than reasonable
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• elicit: To get an answer or reaction from
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• cocaine: Illegal drug made from coca leaves
• cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• effectiveness: Degree of how well something works or is done
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• morphine: Alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium
• synaptic: Concerning or involving synapses
• axon: Long nerve fiber that leads away from a neuron