Vocabulary

• third year: The third year of a course of study, especially at a university or college.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• check out
• home institution: The university or college where a student is normally enrolled before undertaking a period of study elsewhere.
• stand between: To place oneself in the middle to prevent conflict or harm.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• build on: To develop or expand something; to use something as a foundation for further progress.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• have to: Must do
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• impress: To make an emotional impact upon
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• audition: To try out for a part in a play or film
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• rank: To rate or class things
• envelope: Paper cover you put around a letter to mail it
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• standardize: To change to make everything the same level
• supplemental: Functioning in a supporting capacity
• finalize: To make preparations to bring a thing to a finish