Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• in shape: In good physical condition; fit.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in red: Marked or written using the colour red.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• amount: Quantity of something
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• couple: To join something to something else
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• respond: To answer something or someone
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• important: Having power or authority
• vigorous: Having energy, strength, or good health
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
• regimen: Fixed plan of food, sleep, etc.
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• juggle: To entertain by throwing and catching balls, etc.
• cage: Box made of wire or metal bars, e.g. for a bird
• junction: Place where streets, highways, or roads meet
• cortical: Tech concerning the brain's cortex
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• analogous: Similar and comparable to
• scanner: Machine that copies, reads, or records data