Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• flaw in: A defect or imperfection in something.
• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• emerged as: To become known or apparent; to come forth as.
• everyday people: Ordinary or common people, without special status or wealth.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• fraction: Small part of something
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• sneeze: Act of air suddenly being forced out of nose/mouth
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• transmission: Part of car including gears affecting speed of car
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• respirator: Device that supplies oxygen for breathing
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• microbial: Concerning, involving or caused by being microbes
• goggle: Protective covering for the eyes