Vocabulary

• medical center: A facility providing comprehensive healthcare services, including diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• in the mood: Wanting to do something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• in moderation: Not excessively; with restraint.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• repetition: When something occurs again
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fluffy: Containing air and being light in weight
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• shed: Small building used for storage
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• moderation: Decrease in the amount of something that is high
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• idiom: Phrase with a special, metaphoric meaning
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• wanna: Shortened form of 'want to'. Used only in speaking
• persistence: Determination to keep doing even if it is hard
• garlic: Strong-smelling white bulb used in cooking
• chew: To bite something many times without swallowing it
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• hump: Rounded mass, like that on the back of a camel
• staff: Employees of a company
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• reinforcement: Act of strengthening or supporting an army
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• fringe: Decorative edge of hanging threads or hairs
• deficient: Lacking something necessary
• veterinarian: One whose job is to care for animals' health; vet
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• wag: To move side to side or up and down repetitively
• beware: To be careful, used in warning someone
• veterinary: Concerning the care of an animal's health
• swish: To move with a soft brushing or sweeping sound
• phosphorus: Yellow chemical that burns in contact with the air
• definitively: Clearly and leaving no further question