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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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gradual | adj: happening slowly over a long period of time or distance; not steep or abrupt | |
nap | n: a short sleep, especially during the day | |
derail | v: to cause a train or tram to run off the tracks accidentally; to run off or leave the rails accidentally | |
approximately | adv: close to a specific number or time but not exactly that number or time | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
asleep | adj: in a state of sleep | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
relax | v: to become or cause someone to become less active or tense and calmer | |
neuron | n: a cell that is specialized to carry information within the brain and between the brain and other parts of the body | |
unison | n: occurring or corresponding together, simultaneously, or exactly; (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves | |
sweep | v: to clean something, especially a floor or an area, by using a broom; move swiftly and smoothly | |
cortex | n: the outermost layer of an organ, especially the brain | |
punctuate | v: to insert punctuation marks (= comma, period, colon, etc.) in the text; to interrupt periodically | |
neural | adj: of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system that includes the brain | |
spindle | n: a rotating shaft that serves as axes for larger rotating parts; (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division | |
roll | v: to move in a particular direction by turning over and over or from side to side | |
coordination | n: the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together effectively; the ability to control different parts of the body effectively | |
phase | n: any stage in a series of events, change, or development | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
completion | n: the act or process of finishing something that you are doing or making; the state of being finished | |
consist | v: to be composed or made up of | |
associate | v: to mentally connect someone or something with someone or something else | |
potentiate | v: to increase the effect, likelihood, or power of something, such as a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon | |
strengthen | v: to become stronger or more effective; to make someone or something stronger or more effective | |
synapse | n: the fact or state of failing to finish an activity and of stopping using, making, or doing it | |
essential | adj: indispensable; fundamental | |
storage | n: the act or process of putting in and keeping something in a particular place for use in the future; an electronic memory device that can store information | |
stabilize | v: to become or cause to become steady or unlikely to give way | |
cognitive | adj: of or relating to mental processes of understanding | |
prefrontal | adj: in or about the foremost part of the frontal lobe of the brain | |
largely | adv: virtually entirely; to a large degree | |
inhibit | v: to prevent something, such as an action, process, etc., from happening or make it less likely to happen than normal | |
amygdala | n: one of two parts of the almond-shaped neural structure that are linked to emotions, especially fear and pleasure, memory, and the sense of smell | |
cingulate | n: a part of the brain situated in the medial aspect of the cerebral cortex that is an integral part of the limbic system, which is involved with emotion formation and processing, learning, and memory | |
emotion | n: a strong feeling such as love, anger, etc. deriving from one’s situation, mood, or relationships with others | |
motivation | n: the reason or enthusiasm for acting or behaving in a particular way | |
posit | v: to suggest or accept something as fact or as a basis for argument or consideration | |
combination | n: a collection of things that have been combined; an assemblage of separate parts or qualities | |
bizarre | adj: very strange or unusual | |
association | n: a people or groups of people who have joined in a single organization together for a particular purpose; a social or business connection or relationship | |
emotional | adj: relating to people’s feelings | |
innovative | adj: introducing or using new methods, ideas, etc. | |
dominate | v: to have or control a lot of power and influence over somebody or something | |
midday | n: noon; twelve o’clock in the middle of the day | |
evenly | adv: in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way | |
split | v: to divide, or to make something divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line | |
groggy | adj: weak, dizzy, or unable to think or walk well because of illness, intoxication, sleep, or blow | |
afterward | adv: after the time mentioned |