Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• up until now: Until the present time; so far.
• such as: For example; like
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• person: Man, woman or child
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• iceberg: Very large mass of floating ice in the sea
• mutate: To develop into another thing; change
• reproduction: Act or process of producing a copy of something
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• unknown: Not being known or famous