Vocabulary

• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• for instance: As an example.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• instance: An example of something; case
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• conduct: Your behavior
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• adequate: Enough; good enough for what is needed
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• noggin: A human head
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
• important: Having power or authority
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• quit: To leave a job
• great: Very good; better than before
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• come: To arrive at a place
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• hispanic: Connected with Spanish-speaking culture
• understatement: Description undervaluing how important a thing is
• penicillin: Medicine that treats infection by killing bacteria
• pox: A disease that leaves marks on the skin
• latino: Person with a Spanish-speaking background
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution