Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• in a nutshell: As a summary; including the main points concisely
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• swallow up: To completely consume or engulf something.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prominent: Being important or well known
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• intestine: Long tube in the body for digesting food
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• leave: To go away from; depart
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• pathogen: Any disease-producing agent
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• absorption: Process of being absorbed e.g. liquid, attention
• capillary: Very small tube that carry blood in the body
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
• cleanse: To remove impurities or pollutants from something
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• circulatory: Concerning the movement of blood through the body
• spleen: Organ near stomach that controls quality of blood
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• drainage: Process of removing water or liquid from something
• converge: (E.g. of two roads) to come together
• close: Almost; near
• secondary: Being of less importance than something else
• call: A order or request for action
• lymph: Clear fluid containing white blood cells
• arterial: Concerning, involving or contained in the arteries