Vocabulary

• nose out: To win or gain by a small margin, to just get ahead.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• breathe in: To inhale; to take air into the lungs.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• performance: Act of doing something
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• role: Character played by an actor
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• important: Having power or authority
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• activation: Act of making something (e.g. a bomb) active