Vocabulary

• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• have to: Must do
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• material: Cloth; fabric
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• flexible: Bending easily
• recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• disperse: To separate and spread out in different directions
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• part: Division of a book
• entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• add: To include as well
• lone: Being alone or the only one; single
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information