Unit 1 Vocabulary

{ Neuroscience and Empathy

Affective

ADJECTIVE:
Relating to
moods,
feelings, and
attitudes

Anomaly

NOUN:
Something that
deviates from
what is
standard,
normal, or
expected

Conduct

VERB: To
organize and
carry out

Display
NOUN: A
performance, show,
or event intended
for public
entertainment
VERB: To make a
prominent
exhibition of
(something) in a
place it can be
easily seen

Empathy

NOUN: The
ability to
understand and
share the
feelings of
another

Hailed

VERB: To
praise for a
specific reason

Impact
NOUN: The
action of one
object coming
forcibly into
contact with
another
VERB: To have
an affect on
something

In a Vacuum

PHRASAL
NOUN: In
isolation from
anything else

Orchestrate

VERB: Arrange
or direct the
elements of (a
situation) to
produce a
desired effect,
especially
surreptitiously.

Overboard

VERB: To
exaggerate
something

Revelation

NOUN: A
surprising and
previously
unknown fact,
especially one
that is made
known in a
dramatic way

Simulation

NOUN: The
imitation of the
operation of a real
world process or
system over time

Skeptical

ADJECTIVE:
Not easily
convinced;
having doubts
or reservations

Transmit

VERB: To cause
(something) to
pass on from
one place or
person to
another

Validate

VERB: To
confirm or prove
the validity or
accuracy of
(something)