Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• look away: To turn your eyes in a different direction, especially because you are embarrassed, frightened, or upset.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• come down with: To become ill with a disease or illness
• going on: To continue doing something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• require: To demand that someone does something
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• couple: To join something to something else
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• leave: To go away from; depart
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• investigation: Search for information about something
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• plight: Difficult situation
• fill: To make something full
• physician: A medical doctor
• disinfect: To remove bacteria by cleaning
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• fallacy: Idea many people believe is true but is false
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• correlate: To have/show the relationship between two things
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• causation: Act of causing or creating an effect
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• autopsy: Examination of dead body to find cause of death