Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• by contrast: Used to introduce an idea or situation that is very different from one you have just mentioned.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• draw conclusions: To make a judgment or form an opinion based on the information available.
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• news article: A written report in a newspaper or magazine, or on a website, presenting news or information.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• spot: A certain place or area
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• conduct: Your behavior
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• remedy: Way to solve or fix a problem
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• gender: State of being male or female
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• daily: Happening every day
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• applicable: Being appropriate to or suitable for something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• correspond: To have similarity or equality with something
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• skip: Very large waste disposal bin
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• generalize: To apply a particular idea to a large group
• aspirin: Medicine used to treat pain and fever