Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on to: Toward something; forward
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• such as: For example; like
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• material: Cloth; fabric
• contagious: Able to be passed on by touch
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• evolve: To develop certain features
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• barely: Only just; just possible
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• detrimental: Harmful
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• require: To demand that someone does something
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• blow: To move something using air
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• pathogen: Any disease-producing agent
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• parasite: Small animal or plant living off a bigger one
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• mount: To attach something to something else
• lottery: Betting game of buying tickets to win money
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• usual: Being the way things occur most of the time
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• swine: A pig
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• close: Almost; near
• stagger: To greatly surprise someone
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• sick: Having a physical or mental illness
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• lunch: Light meal eaten in the middle of the day