Vocabulary

• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• have to: Must do
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at least: As a minimum
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• get a sense: To understand or perceive something intuitively.
• in trouble: Experiencing difficulties, problems, or legal issues.
• check out
• got to: To arrive at some place
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• fellow: Man or a boy
• recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
• flourish: To show and direct attention by waving something
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• litter: All the baby animals born at once from one mother
• physician: A medical doctor
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• medal: Metal award, often round, usually for courage
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• happen: To take place or occur
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• long: Person's name
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• rationale: Explanation of justification for something
• normalize: To make something normal or regular
• vector: Math a quantity that has both size and direction