Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• lead to: To result in some action
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• social bonds: The connections and relationships between individuals in a society that promote cohesion and mutual support.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• turn down: To fold something, e.g. a shirt collar
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• mix it up: To vary or do things differently; to introduce variety.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• impulse: Sudden desire to do something that is not planned
• insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
• gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
• retrieve: To find and bring in animals during a hunt
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• counteract: To reduce the impact doing something opposite
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• array: A regular order or arrangement of things
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• narcissism: Being in love with yourself, your own appearance
• modify: To make minor change to something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• predecessor: Something that comes before another in a series
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• great: Very good; better than before
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• chemotherapy: Treatment of diseases using chemicals
• disappointment: Feeling or state of not being satisfied
• cynicism: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• behaviour: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• materialism: Desire for wealth and material possessions
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people