Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• on the panel: Being a member of a committee or group.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• swear by: To have great confidence in something; to believe that something is very effective.
• have to: Must do
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• check up on: To investigate or inspect
• show of hands: A way of voting in which people raise their hands to show that they support something.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• strike: To hit something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• emulate: To try to be like; copy; imitate
• meticulous: Extremely careful to do things correctly
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• leave: To go away from; depart
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• fond: Happy and loving; To like someone or something very much
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• adhere: To support a cause, political party, religion
• trust: To expect confidently
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• vaccination: Type of injection to prevent getting a disease
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• parental: Concerning, or provided by, a parent
• few: Not many, a small number
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• dependence: Relying on someone for (e.g. financial) support
• generalize: To apply a particular idea to a large group
• serum: Blood that contains substances that fight diseases
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
• uptake: Process of being taken in by a living organism