Vocabulary

• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• permanently: For a long time; always
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• click: To work well with someone or something
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• noggin: A human head
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• vegan: Vegetarian who eats no animal or dairy products
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
• severity: Degree of seriousness of an event or situation
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• convenient: Allowing you to do something with less trouble
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• hose: Tube that carries a liquid
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• munch: Sound made when eating something quickly or loudly
• morph: (Of computer animation) to gradually change shape
• zinc: Bluish white metal used in making brass
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• hawthorn: Thorny tree with blossom and small red berries