Vocabulary

• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• tip of the iceberg: A small visible part of a much larger problem.
• such as: For example; like
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• material: Cloth; fabric
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• swap: To exchange goods without spending money; trade
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• testosterone: Natural chemical responsible for the male sex
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• product: Item that can be bought
• airborne: Being in the air
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• circulate: To go round continuously
• estrogen: General term for female steroid sex hormones that are secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female sexual characteristics
• iceberg: Very large mass of floating ice in the sea
• endocrine: Concerning or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• preservation: Keeping something in a good, undamaged state
• stainless: Being perfect and without damage or soil
• package: Box or container items are placed in for mailing
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• hijack: To take control of a plane, etc. by force
• enter: To start a career or an education