Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• have to: Must do
• deal with
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• extreme: Very great in degree
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• couple: To join something to something else
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• foam: Mix of a liquid and air to form a mass of bubbles
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• prevalence: Fact of being widespread or common
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• sore: An open or raised painful spot on the skin
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• variable: Having the ability to change or vary
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• cheek: The soft part of your face that is below your eye and between your mouth and ear
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• toothpaste: A paste used for cleaning teeth
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• recurrent: Happening again and again
• deficient: Lacking something necessary
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• halo: Circle of light
• steroid: Drug making muscles bigger and giving more energy
• lesion: Damaged area on a part of the body
• pathologist: Scientist studying disease or dead bodies