Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• check out
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• keeping up: To understand what someone is saying
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• deal with
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• such as: For example; like
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• reproductive health: The health of the reproductive systems and their functions and processes.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• look down on: To show you think others are not as good as you
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• under the radar: Without being noticed; avoiding attention.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• mental: Concerning the mind
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• require: To demand that someone does something
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• physician: A medical doctor
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• anesthesia: Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• concierge: (French) caretaker of apartments or a hotel
• triple: Group or set of three
• pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• neurologist: Doctor specializing in the nervous system
• psychiatry: Study and treatment of mental illness
• cardiology: Branch of medicine dealing with heart disease