| A | B |
| mystery | something that is difficult to understand or explain |
| universe | the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars |
| alien | creatures from another world |
| cure | a medicine or medical treatment that cures an illness |
| plague | to cause pain or trouble to sb/sth over a period of time |
| sustaining | providing enough of what sb/sth needs in order to live or exist |
| minute | extremely small |
| combat | to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or from getting worse |
| viruses | diseases caused by viruses |
| fundamental | serious and very important, affecting the most central and important parts of something |
| obvious | easy to see and understand |
| genetics | the scientific study of the ways in which different characteristics are passed from each generation of living things to the next |
| inherited | to have qualities, physical features etc that are similar to those of your parents, grandparents |
| fatigue | a feeling of being extremely tired, usually because of hard work or exercise |
| alert | able to think quickly to notice things |
| infectious | able to be passed easily from one person to another |
| consensus | an opinion that all members of a group agree with |
| current | happening now, of the present time |
| genuine | real; exactly what it appears to be; not artificial |
| fake | not genuine, appearing to be something it is not |