Vocabulary

• drift off: To gradually fall asleep.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• awake to: To become aware of something.
• act out: To perform a role before going on stage; practice
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• circadian: Concerning biological processes occurring at -hour intervals
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• respond: To answer something or someone
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• century: Period of 100 years
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• act: To behave in a certain way
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• dart: To move suddenly away; race away
• twitch: To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk
• unconsciousness: Being asleep
• delta: Area where a river spreads and empties into a sea