Vocabulary

• back then: At that time in the past.
• from home: Working or operating from one's residence.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• closer to home: Nearer to one's place of residence or origin.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• such as: For example; like
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• initially: At first; originally
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• require: To demand that someone does something
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• due: When something is required or expected
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• click: To work well with someone or something
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• cautious: Careful about avoiding danger, problems
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• fatality: Death resulting from an accident or a disaster
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• area: Amount of measured space
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• port: City where ships can shelter during a storm
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• bodily: By moving the whole of something
• borne: To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
• meningitis: A serious illness affecting part of the brain
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from