Vocabulary

• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• sickle cell anemia: A hereditary form of anemia in which abnormal hemoglobin causes red blood cells to become rigid and sickle-shaped, obstructing blood flow.
• have to: Must do
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• couple: To join something to something else
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• defect: Fault in someone or something
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• anemia: Condition of not having enough red blood cells
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• emperor: Man who rules an empire
• defective: Having a defect; faulty
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• cystic: Being of the bladder
• sickle: Curved hand tool for cutting down grass/tall plant
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• ifs: Introducing conditions for some things to happen