Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• count down: To say numbers in order from say 10 to 1
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the spectrum: Having a range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• around the clock: All day and all night; continuously.
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• spot: A certain place or area
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• shift: To change in position or direction
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• due: When something is required or expected
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• physician: A medical doctor
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• rank: To rate or class things
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• applicant: Someone formally expressing interest e.g. in a job
• datum: Item of factual information
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• reimbursement: Money paid for damages, losses or money spent etc.
• pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• pathology: Study of diseases and their effect on the body
• psychiatry: Study and treatment of mental illness