Vocabulary

• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• pick out: To choose or select one item from many
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• come before: To happen or exist earlier in time than something else.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• have to: Must do
• on to: Toward something; forward
• of sorts: Of a kind, but not a very good one.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• craving: To have a very strong desire for something
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• momentum: Speed or force that is gained when something moves
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• spike: The top point in a graph
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• companion: Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• click: To work well with someone or something
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• willpower: Ability to make yourself do what you really want
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• rehabilitation: Helping criminals, etc. to return to normal life
• summary: Brief, complete and accurate
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• subscriber: Person who pays a (monthly) fee to get a service
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• spawn: Product or result of something
• regain: To get something back that had been lost
• inaugural: Marking a beginning, e.g. of a new presidency
• muster: To gather or call together (soldiers, etc.)
• precede: To happen or come before something
• ingrain: To be deeply attached or fixed in
• curator: Person who is in charge of objects for exhibition
• keystone: Central building block at the top of an arch