Vocabulary

• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• next to: Being located along side another
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• require: To demand that someone does something
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• quarter: 25 cents
• algae: Green organisms that live in still water
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• manual: Done by hand (not machine)
• point: An item to be discussed
• product: Item that can be bought
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• dorm: College building with rooms that students live in
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
• datum: Item of factual information
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• syringe: Device with a needle to take blood/inject drugs
• veterinary: Concerning the care of an animal's health
• stabbing: Causing a sharp pain
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'