Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in hand: In one's possession or control.
• go hand in hand: Two things closely related or connected, usually occurring together.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• amount: Quantity of something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• initial: First letter of your given name
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• gear: To aim at or prepare yourself for something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• sedentary: (Of a job, life style) done while sitting
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• nutrient: A chemical living things needs to be healthy
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• respond: To answer something or someone
• ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sip: To drink just a little at a time
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• dietary: Concerning the food one consumes
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• ounce: Unit of weight equal to 1/16 pound or 28 grams
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• poultry: Birds such as chickens, ducks, geese etc.
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• mount: To attach something to something else
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• synthesis: Process of making something new out of other ones
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• layman: An ordinary person (not a clergyman, priest etc.)
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• substrate: A substance which a catalyst has an effect on
• creatine: Amino acid in muscles aiding muscle contraction