Vocabulary

• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• red tape: Formalities; paperwork; official procedure
• cut back: To use less of something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• got to: To arrive at some place
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• not limited to: Including something but also allowing other things; not restricted to.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in terms of
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• merit: To earn something, such as praise or a reward
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• quit: To leave a job
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
• preliminary: Happening or necessary before a thing happens
• mystical: Awe-inspiring or mysterious
• psychotic: Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• statistically: With respect to statistics
• psychedelic: Having very bright contrasting colors and shapes
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• pathology: Study of diseases and their effect on the body
• humankind: All of the living human inhabitants of the earth