Vocabulary

• set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• for instance: As an example.
• in all likelihood: Very probably; almost certainly.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• lead to: To result in some action
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• therapeutic: Intended to make things (e.g. illness) better
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• factor: Something that influences a result
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• neuron: A nerve cell
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• marijuana: Illegal drug that is made from hemp
• withdrawal: Action of pulling back or move away or backward
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• stimulus: Something that causes a change
• overdose: To take too many drugs, so that you might die
• person: Man, woman or child
• cognition: Recognition involved in thought processing
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• psychotic: Concerning or affected by psychosis; unbalanced
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• considerably: Quite a lot; to a large degree
• diffuse: To cause something to spread through a large area
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• psychoactive: Affecting the mind or mood
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• sprawl: To spread out in an uncontrolled way
• synapse: Junction between neurons in the brain