Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• get at: To criticize someone, often personally
• regardless of
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
• draw conclusions: To make a judgment or form an opinion based on the information available.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• make of: To understand or have an opinion about something
• in the absence of: When someone or something is not present or available.
• in the presence of: While someone or something else is present.
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• amount: Quantity of something
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• intake: Amount of something that a person's body consumes
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• act: To behave in a certain way
• public: Owned by the government
• toothpaste: A paste used for cleaning teeth
• dental: Concerning the teeth
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• conclusive: Decisive; clear enough to confirm facts
• trimester: Period of three months, especially in pregnancy
• fluoride: Chemical added to water to improve tooth health