Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• steer clear of: To avoid someone or something that seems unpleasant, dangerous, or likely to cause problems.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• extreme: Very great in degree
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• steer: A cow
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• respond: To answer something or someone
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• irritated: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• oxidation: Process of combining with oxygen
• paprika: Mild-tasting spice from a pepper plant
• inflame: To cause to get angry or excited
• cayenne: Hot-tasting red pepper used in cooking
• omega: Last letter in the greek alphabet