Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• stay home: To remain in one's house or residence.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• have to: Must do
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• evolve: To develop certain features
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• charity: Kindness and willingness to forgive, help
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• person: Man, woman or child
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• slaughter: Act of killing an animal to get its meat
• descriptive: Telling what something is like or looks like
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• dub: To add a new soundtrack to an audio recording
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• swine: A pig
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• abbreviate: To shorten a word or phrase by leaving out letters
• pork: Meat of a pig, used for food
• standardize: To change to make everything the same level