Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• man's best friend: A dog, considered faithful and loyal to humans.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• in terms of
• by chance: Accidentally; without planning.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• insomnia: Inability to sleep for many nights
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• initially: At first; originally
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• paralysis: Inability to move or feel all or part of the body
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• serotonin: A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps regulate mood, sleep, appetite, and emotional well-being; often referred to as the "feel-good" hormone.
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• important: Having power or authority
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• seizure: Act of taking control of something by force
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• voluntarily: Of your own free will; not because you were forced
• categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• respective: Belonging to each of two or more persons or things
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• swine: A pig
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.