Vocabulary

1. pandemic(n.)

a disease that exists in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants

📍What can be done to prevent a bird flu pandemic?

2. take hold

to become strong; to be established

📍The economic recovery is just beginning to take hold now.

3. wimpy(a.)

not strong, brave, or confident

📍I'm far too wimpy to go rock climbing.

4. sheer(a.)

used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except

📍It was sheer coincidence that we met.

5. kick in

to start to have an effect or to happen

📍It takes half an hour for the medication to kick in.

6. genome(n.)

the complete set of genetic material of a human, animal, plant, or other living things

📍In the case of SARS-CoV-2, which has an RNA genome based on adenine, cytosine, guanine uracil, sometimes mistakes happen.

7. virologist(n.)

a scientist who studies viruses and the diseases that they cause

📍The world-leading virologist has joined the new EU COVID-19 advisory team.

8. pneumonia(n.)

a serious illness in which one or both lungs become red and swollen and filled with liquid

📍People who are bedridden can easily get pneumonia.

9. take stock

to think carefully about a situation or event and form an opinion about it, so that you can decide what to do

📍After two years spent teaching overseas, she returned home for a month to take stock of her life.

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