Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• off the cuff: Without preparation or advance thought; extemporaneously.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• reproductive health: The health of the reproductive systems and their functions and processes.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• 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
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• require: To demand that someone does something
• huge: Very very large
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• supplement: Added extra to support or make something complete
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• constipation: Unable to empty your bowels as often as you should
• great: Very good; better than before
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• product: Item that can be bought
• contamination: Being impure because of a harmful agent
• anemia: Condition of not having enough red blood cells
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• ovary: Egg-producing organ of female humans and animals
• reproductive: Concerning the process of making children
• magnesium: Silver, white metal burning with a white flame
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• cuff: Fold or band at the end of a sleeve
• booster: Person who backs a politician or a team etc.
• shortfall: Failure to meet an expectation or amount needed