Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• to a degree: Partially; somewhat.
• next to: Being located along side another
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• such as: For example; like
• by doing that: Using that action or method.
• mental: Concerning the mind
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• upbeat: Being positive and cheerful
• canine: Long, pointed tooth
• pragmatic: Dealing with problems reasonably and practically
• quintessential: Being a model example of a specific thing
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• furry: Covered with a dense coat of fine hairs
• behold: To look at
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• warrior: Courageous or skilled fighter in a battle or war
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• duck: To avoid doing something that is difficult
• purr: To make a soft, pleasing humming noise like a cat
• precede: To happen or come before something