Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• look after: To take care of someone or something
• turn into: To change to become something else
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• kill off: To eliminate or destroy completely; to cause to die.
• clear away: To take plates away from a table after a meal
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• metabolism: Chemical processes to convert food to energy
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• shrink: To become smaller
• tiny: Very, very small
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• caveat: Warning or caution in a legal document
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• flexible: Bending easily
• stiff: Slang term for a dead body
• bullet: Metal object fired from a gun
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• array: A regular order or arrangement of things
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• expiration: Coming to an end of a period, validity
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• live: To be alive
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• sclerosis: (Medical) process in which a soft tissue becomes hard
• polyp: Small tube-like creature that lives in the ocean
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information