Online Class Notes (Li)

Vocabulary

mutate: to change and develop unusual characteristics in a plant or animal

eg. The cells mutated.

eg. I just hope that the virus does not mutate.

hardwired: genetically or innately predisposed

eg. A human being who is hardwired to be sociable.

kill time: spend time doing nothing in particular

eg. I play with my cat all day to kill time.

brick-and-mortar store = physical store

Grammar

will your family worry for you? – Is your family worried about you?

a sense of secure – a sense of security 

he or herself – him or herself

doubted to have – suspected to have