Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• black and white
• ease with: To make something less painful, difficult, or troubling; to comfort or relieve.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• bird flu: A highly contagious viral disease affecting birds, which can sometimes spread to humans.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• for instance: As an example.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in terms of
• choke up: To become unable to speak because you are feeling strong emotion, usually sadness.
• check out
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• overwhelm: To defeat something or someone completely
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• choke: To cause someone not to breathe
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• workforce: The total number of working people
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• cascade: Body of water falling from something tall
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• societal: Concerning society or a society
• constitute: To become a group of
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• mobilize: To come together for an action or purpose
• circulate: To go round continuously
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• influenza: Full name for the 'flu'
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• swine: A pig
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• designation: Giving a name and purpose to something
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)