Vocabulary

• flare up: To suddenly worsen or become more intense (of a medical condition).
• at the moment: At this time; now
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• amount: Quantity of something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• dawn: First light of day
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• additional: Further or added
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• important: Having power or authority
• loose: To shoot or fire something from a gun
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• programme: A plan or schedule of events
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• flare: To become angry or excited suddenly
• area: Amount of measured space
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• cruelty: Intention to hurt others or be mean to them
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• repellent: Making or forcing someone or something go away
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• mosquito: Small flying insect which sucks blood
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• dusk: Time before night when it is not yet dark
• borne: To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
• sentinel: Soldier responsible for watching or guarding
• wiggly: Curved or curving in and out in series of curves
• lancet: Surgical knife used e.g. for small incisions