Vocabulary

• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• used up: To use all of; consume
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• have to: Must do
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• urge: A strong desire for something
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• initially: At first; originally
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• address: Exact street location of a place
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• seek: To ask someone for help
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• role: Character played by an actor
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• act: To behave in a certain way
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• host: Mass; a great number
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• farewell: Act of saying goodbye and leaving
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• vaccination: Type of injection to prevent getting a disease
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• meteor: Rock from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• jab: To hit with a short straight blow
• sadden: To cause someone to be sad
• grandson: Your son or daughter's son
• grandma: Mother of your father or mother
• longtime: Concerning for a long duration