Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• lead to: To result in some action
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• in the rough: In an area of longer grass on a golf course, off the fairway.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in summary: Briefly stating or reviewing main points.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• enzyme: A protein made by cells
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• important: Having power or authority
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• modify: To make minor change to something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• accumulation: Act of becoming bigger or more over time
• acidic: Containing acid
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• tag: Child's game in which one person chases the others
• synthesize: To combine different things into a new form
• whatnot: Miscellaneous curios
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• synthesized: To combine different things into a new form
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• endoplasmic: Inner portion of the cytoplasm of a cell
• ph: Acidity or alkalinity value of a solution