Examples of Vocabulary Entries
Brainology Vocab.
1) Remedy
- What I think it means: medicine for an injury.
- What it actually means: set right, solve, repair
2) Deficiency
- What I think it means: amount of something
- What it actually means: a lack or shortage
3) Substantially
- What I think it means: a substance
(drugs,alcohol,etc.)
- What it actually means: to a great or significant
extent
4) Perseverance
- What I think it means: saving
- What it actually means: not giving up
5) Modules
- What I think it means: models
- What it actually means: set of standardized parts
BRAINOLOGY VOCAB
Chapter 2 Vocab.
1) Dissidents
- What I think it means: residents
- What it actually means: a person who opposes
official policy
2) Context
- What I think it means: words together
- What it actually means: the setting
3) Tedious
- What I think it means: a lot of, too much
- What it actually means: long
4) Explicitly
- What I think it means: expertly, professionally
- What it actually means: clearly and in detail
5) Essential
- What I think it means: items that are needed
- What it actually means: absolutely necessary,
extremely important
CHAPTER 2 VOCAB
1) Cultivated- MY GUESS something that’s kept
safe
Definition: to promote or improve the growth of
(a plant, crop, etc.) by labor and attention
1) Etymology (pg83)- MY GUESS keeps record of a
word
Definition: the study of historical linguistic change,
especially as manifested in individual words
2) Transition- MY GUESS progress of a situation
Definition: movement, passage, or change from
one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc.
2) Transition- MY GUESS the word can be used in
any way (past, present, future)
Definition: verbal bridges that help readers
connect ideas
3) Remedy- MY GUESS switching something up
Definition: something that corrects or removes an
evil of any kind
4) Intuitively- MY GUESS not commonly used
Definition: perceiving by intuition, as a person or
the mind
5) Chronically- MY GUESS strong method
Definition: continuing a long time or recurring
frequently
3) Denotation- MY GUESS the meaning that the
word is being used as
Definition: a word that names or signifies
something specific
4) Topography- MY GUESS a chart that could help
you remember stuff easier
Definition: the detailed mapping or charting of the
features of a relatively small areas, district, or
location
5) Connotation- MY GUESS an important idea of a
main story
Definition: the associated or secondary meaning
of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or
primary meaning
Brainology Vocabulary Words
Chapter 2 Vocabulary Words
1.) Collaboration- The action of working with
1.) Recognition- The action or process of recognizing
someone to produce or create something.
or being recognized, in particular.
My guess: Being able to work with some
rather well.
My guess: To give someone credit for the actions.
2.) Resilient- (of a substance or object) able to recoil 2.)
or spring back into shape after bending, stretching,
or being compressed.
My guess: Being able to resist to
something.
3.)
3.) Dampened- Make less strong or intense.
Audacity- The willingness to take bold risks.
My guess: When people are selfish with
their problems.
Frivolous- Not having any serious purpose or
value.
My guess: To put situations to the extreme.
My guess: Feeling nervous or having
anxiety.
4.) Opt- Make a choice from a range of possibilities.
My guess: When someone is able to be
motivated by something.
4.) Credulous- Having or showing too great a
readiness to believe things.
My guess: Taking time to believe in
something.
5.) Profound- (of a state, quality, or emotion) very
great or intense.
My guess: A subject or matter that is very
5.) Synchronized- Cause to occur or operate at the
important.
same time or rate.
My guess: Being compatible with someone
emotionally and physically.