Vocabulary

• out of whack: Not in proper working order; not functioning correctly.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• across time: Throughout the duration of time; spanning different periods.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• rhythm: Pattern of events, motions, or changes
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• shift: To change in position or direction
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• circadian: Concerning biological processes occurring at -hour intervals
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• factor: Something that influences a result
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• melatonin: Hormone secreted by the pineal gland
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• important: Having power or authority
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• whack: To hit someone or something with great force
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• lag: Delay between two events
• columnist: Person writing articles in a newspaper or magazine
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food