Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• by contrast: Used to introduce an idea or situation that is very different from one you have just mentioned.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• not surprisingly: In a way that is not unexpected or predictable.
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• color: To change or affect someone's opinion
• sweet: Piece of candy, or other food containing sugar
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• blue: Color of the clear sky
• inwardly: Toward the inside or center; within yourself
• green: Color of young leaves
• girl: A female child; a young woman
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• cheese: Yellowish solid food made from aged milk
• milk: White liquid produced by females to feed babies
• message: Main idea or theme in a story, book, or film
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• area: Amount of measured space
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• sausage: Finely chopped and seasoned meat in a skin
• painter: Person who paints pieces of art; artist
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• map: Diagram showing the geography of an area
• join: To bring something close to another, to become one
• fourth: 4th
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• fill: To make something full
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• punctuation: Marks used in piece of writing, such as ? ; and !
• novelist: Author who writes novels
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• surround: To be all the way around something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• fix: Answer to a problem
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• cultural: Of a particular society's customs and beliefs
• differently: In another and different manner
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• unrelated: Not related; not connected
• gender: State of being male or female
• unaware: Not knowing that something is happening
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• exception: Something different or not included
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• closely: In a careful manner
• movement: Part of a piece of classical music
• understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• sporty: Liking sports
• subjective: Using personal feelings and opinions not facts
• superior: Better; higher quality
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• vain: Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• synesthesia: Stimulation of one sense organ by another
• anesthesia: Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
• propensity: Natural tendency to behave in a particular way
• outwardly: On the outside
• nucleotide: Any of various compounds consisting of a nucleoside combined with a phosphate group and forming the basic constituent of DNand RNA
• earwax: Soft yellow wax formed in the ear canal
• dummy: Being a cover for or serving as a front for
• lobe: Round part in body, e.g. some parts of brain
• perceptual: Relating to immediate sensory experience
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• frontal: Belonging to the forward part
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange