Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• kill off: To eliminate or destroy completely; to cause to die.
• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• have to: Must do
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• deprivation: State of lacking something needed
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• decade: Period of 10 years
• arousal: Being woken up from sleep; sexual excitement
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• blow: To move something using air
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• vary: To change something and make it different
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• concussion: Injury to the brain caused by a blow
• despise: To have no respect whatsoever for a person/thing
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• amnesia: Loss of the ability to remember
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• locus: Site or location where something is, or occurs
• monoxide: Oxide with one atom of oxygen per molecule
• forebrain: Front part of the brain