Vocabulary

• make up: To invent or create a story
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• concept: Abstract idea of something or how it works
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• digestive: Concerning processes of converting food to energy
• inferior: Being of little importance or worth
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• nutrition: Scientific study of the effects of foods on health
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• quantity: A large amount of something
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• previously: At an earlier time
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• century: Period of 100 years
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• fallacy: Idea many people believe is true but is false
• daily: Happening every day
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• complementary: Working well together; completing something
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• deficient: Lacking something necessary
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• gelatin: Colorless water-soluble glutinous protein
• vogue: Fashion, a popular item
• rat: Long-tailed rodent similar to/bigger than a mouse
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• moo: (Of cows) to make a loud, low-pitched noise