Vocabulary

• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• elusive: Difficult to find or catch
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• altogether: All things considered
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• akin: Similar to; like; almost the same as
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• ray: Person's name
• appendix: Additional information at the end of a document
• poach: To cook something gently in boiling liquid
• gill: Part of a fish's body it uses to breathe