Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• in terms of
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• turn off
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• dying to: Extremely eager or anxious to do or have something.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• like no other: Unique; unparalleled; distinctly different from all others.
• on the order of: Approximately; about a certain amount or number.
• outer edge: The external boundary or periphery of something.
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• in a vacuum: Existing or considered without relation to other things; isolated from outside influences.
• for instance: As an example.
• lock out: To prevent someone from entering a place by locking the door.
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• back onto: To reverse a vehicle so it stops at a particular place.
• put back: To return something to the proper place
• in miniature: On a very small scale; a small representation.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• partly: In part; not completely
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• body: The physical structure of a person or animal.
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• thinking: To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• talk: Style of speaking
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• live: To be alive
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• medicine: Something used in treating illness or pain
• model: Being an excellent example of
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
• call: A order or request for action
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• biology: The study of living things
• building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• pill: Person who is difficult to deal with
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• shift: To change in position or direction
• skeleton: Structure of bones that supports the body
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• introduction: A first experience with something
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• hierarchical: Separating into varying levels of importance
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• perceptual: Relating to immediate sensory experience
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• genomics: Branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNsequences)
• microbe: Very small, microscopic, living thing
• implant: To put something into, an idea in someone's mind
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• medicinal: Relating to the treatment of sickness or pain
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
• hypertension: Condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate