Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• valuable: Being useful or important
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• account: An advantage
• due: When something is required or expected
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• previously: At an earlier time
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• public: Owned by the government
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• datum: Item of factual information
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• naught: Quantity of no importance, nonexistence