| A | B |
| baffled | confused |
| component | part of something |
| accordance | agreement |
| temporal lobe | part of the brain associated with sound perception and interpretation: it is thought to be the center for memory recall |
| limbic system | part of the brain involved with emotion and memory |
| console | to care for, try to make feel better |
| prospective | potential |
| pinpoint | identify exactly |
| modulate | to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down. |
| proposition | the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done. |
| entail | to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence |
| dedicate | to devote wholly and earnestly, as to some person or purpose |
| self-sufficient | able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance |
| remission | a temporary or permanent decrease or subsidence of manifestations of a disease |
| diminish | make less |
| negilgent | lazily careless, neglect |
| bureaucrat | usually, an official who works by fixed routine without exercising intelligent judgment. |