Vocabulary

• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• health benefits: Advantages provided by an employer or insurance plan related to healthcare, such as medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• at least: As a minimum
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• fabric: Cloth or material
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• cortisol: Adrenal-cortex hormone (trade names Hydrocortone or Cortef) that is active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• important: Having power or authority
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
• thermostat: Instrument that controls temperature in buildings
• moist: Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way
• undeniable: Certainly true; impossible to prove false
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria