Vocabulary

• tuned to: To adjust a radio receiver to the frequency of a particular station.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• at least: As a minimum
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in terms of
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• despite the fact: In spite of; notwithstanding.
• regardless of
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• from that time: Starting at a specific point in the past and continuing forward.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• afford: To make available, to provide
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• implicit: Unquestioning and without doubt
• factor: Something that influences a result
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• fertile: (Of imagination, etc.) working strongly; productive
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• testosterone: Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
• extravagant: Going beyond what is normal or proper
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• facial: Treatment to improve condition of the skin of face
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• symmetry: Having parts that are exactly the same
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• cumbersome: Being slow, heavy or difficult to move
• area: Amount of measured space
• invoke: To appeal for help/protection to higher authority
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• handicap: Disadvantage preventing you from making progress
• estrogen: General term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• parasitic: Living on larger plant/animal and dependent on it
• heterosexual: Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• predicate: To base something on a previous situation
• composite: Made of more than one different part
• asymmetric: Having no balance; not the same on both sides
• peacock: Bird with colorful long feathers
• reflexive: Of words that show the action is done to yourself