Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• eat out: To eat at a restaurant
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• save the day: To prevent a disaster or failure; to rescue a situation.
• think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
• deal with
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• have to: Must do
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• panic: Overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• military: Army or armed forces
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• pathogen: Any disease-producing agent
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• germ: Tiny organism that can cause sickness and disease
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• infectious: Capable of transmitting disease to others
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• hoard: Large amount of hidden (valuable) items
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• unit: One apartment in a building
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• plane: An airplane
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• eradication: Complete destruction of every trace of something
• turnaround: Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
• logistic: Concerning planning and organizing a large project