Vocabulary

• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• consider: To think carefully about something
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• amount: Quantity of something
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• ignite: To catch fire
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• part: Division of a book
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• area: Amount of measured space
• unit: One apartment in a building
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area