Vocabulary

• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• macular degeneration: A progressive eye condition affecting the macula, leading to central vision loss.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• have to: Must do
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• check out
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• inherent: Existing as an essential part of
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• leave: To go away from; depart
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• act: To behave in a certain way
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• hereditary: Passing from parents to children
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• retinal: In or relating to the retina of the eye
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information