Vocabulary

• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• such as: For example; like
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• due to: Because of; owing to
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• cruise: To easily achieve
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• entry: Act of entering a room, building, party
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• datum: Item of factual information
• add: To include as well
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• software: Computer applications and systems
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• dashboard: Console of a car or vehicle