Vocabulary

• of all things: Used to express surprise or disbelief at something unexpected or unusual.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• think back: To recapture the past
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• such as: For example; like
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• at least: As a minimum
• after the fact: Happening or known later than the actual event.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• at gunpoint: Forced or threatened with a gun.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• extreme: Very great in degree
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• initially: At first; originally
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• aid: To help others and provide things
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• empathetic: Exhibiting deep emotional understanding
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• commonplace: Being average or ordinary
• tuberculosis: Disease affecting especially the lungs
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• smallpox: Contagious disease with pimples that leave scars
• breakup: End of a relationship often due to troubles
• antidepressant: Medicine used to treat depression
• depressive: Suffering a psychological lack of happiness
• typhoid: Serious waterborne illness