Exercise

Question 1

Cognition [n]

cog‧ni‧tion

/ kɒɡ’nɪʃən /

Answer 1

• The process of knowing, understanding, and learning something SYN thought :
• >>the regions of the brain that are responsible for memory and cognition *

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Question 2

Counteract [v]

coun‧ter‧act

/ kaʊntər’ækt /

Answer 2

• To reduce or prevent the bad effect of something, by doing something that has the opposite effect :
• >>They gave him drugs to counteract his withdrawal symptoms. *

— counteraction / -ækʃən /

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Question 3

Dementia [n]

de‧men‧tia

/ dɪmenʃə /

Answer 3

• An illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally

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Question 4

Deteriorate [v]

de‧te‧ri‧o‧rate

/ dɪ’tɪəriəreɪt /

Answer 4

• To become worse :

Ethel’s health has deteriorated.

— deterioration / dɪtɪərɪ’reɪʃən /

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Question 5

Diagnose [v]

di‧ag‧nose

/ ‘daɪəɡnəʊz /

Answer 5

• To find out what illness someone has, or what the cause of a fault is, after doing tests, examinations etc

**diagnose somebody as (having) something **

*>>Joe struggled in school before he was diagnosed as dyslexic. *

**diagnose something as something **

*>>The illness was diagnosed as mumps. *

**diagnose somebody with something **

*>>She was diagnosed with breast cancer. *

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Question 6

Disorder [n]

dis‧or‧der

/ dɪs’ɔdər /

Answer 6

• A mental or physical illness which prevents part of your body from working properly
• >>He suffers from a rare disorder of the liver. *

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Question 7

Impair [v]

im‧pair

/ ɪm’peə /

Answer 7

• To damage something or make it not as good as it should be:
• >>The illness had impaired his ability to think and concentrate. *

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Question 8

Regulate [v]

reg‧u‧late

/ ‘reɡjʊleɪt /

Answer 8

1. To control an activity or process, especially by rules :
   * >>strict rules regulating the use of chemicals in food *
2. To make a machine or your body work at a particular speed, temperature etc :
   * >>People sweat to regulate their body heat. *

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Question 9

Rodent [n]

ro‧dent

/ ‘rəʊdənt /

Answer 9

• Any small animal of the type that has long sharp front teeth, such as a rat or a rabbit

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Question 10

Spatial [adj]

spa‧tial

/ ‘speɪʃəl /

Answer 10

• Relating to the position, size, shape etc of things

— spatially adverb

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Question 11

Stimulate [v]

stim‧u‧late

/ ‘stɪmjʊleɪt /

Answer 11

1. To encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further **OPP suppress **

stimulate growth/demand/the economy etc

*>>the President’s plan to stimulate economic growth *

2 to encourage someone by making them excited about and interested in something :

**stimulate somebody to do something **

*>>An inspiring teacher can stimulate students to succeed. *

— stimulative / -leɪtɪv / adjective

— stimulation / stɪmjʊ’leɪʃ ə n / noun

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Question 12

Stave off [pv]

/ steɪv /

Answer 12

• To keep someone or something from reaching you or affecting you for a period of time :
• >>She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger .*

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