Vocabulary

• in a series: Arranged or happening one after another.
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• role: Character played by an actor
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• germ: Tiny organism that can cause sickness and disease
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• sterile: Completely clean; with no bacteria
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• unethical: Behaving in a way not meeting moral standards
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• hyperactive: Overexcited or too active