Vocabulary

• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• such as: For example; like
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• at least: As a minimum
• have to: Must do
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• sort out: To find a way of dealing with a problem; resolve
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• in the absence of: When someone or something is not present or available.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• like hell: Used to express strong disagreement or refusal.
• work out
• go on: To continue doing something
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• require: To demand that someone does something
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• colonize: To take control over place and live there
• enroll: To put someone into a group; to register
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• margarine: Butter substitute made from food oils
• soda: Sweet bubbly flavored drink
• randomize: To arrange in a random order