Vocabulary

• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• rational: Able to think clearly
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• conduct: Your behavior
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• valuable: Being useful or important
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• scope: Opportunity for action or thought
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• enlightenment: State of having a lot of knowledge and wisdom
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• philosopher: Person studying the meaning of truth and life
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• rogue: Being corrupt, dangerous, or uncontrollable
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• binary: Having two parts; using only 2 numbers, 1 and 0
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• smallpox: Contagious disease with pimples that leave scars
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• quantify: To find or calculate the quantity of something
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics