Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• below freezing: At a temperature lower than 0°C or 32°F.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• suck in: To inhale or draw something into the mouth or lungs.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• deal with
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• have to: Must do
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• extreme: Very great in degree
• evolve: To develop certain features
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• concentrate: To cause to be present in large amount or number
• conduct: Your behavior
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• tiny: Very, very small
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• due: When something is required or expected
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• drought: Long period of dry weather
• leave: To go away from; depart
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• previously: At an earlier time
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• spinach: Vegetable with dark green leaves, full of iron
• fill: To make something full
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• live: To be alive
• sap: Foolish person who is easy to trick
• maple: Any of various trees, some producing syrup
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• spruce: Evergreen tree with needle-like leaves
• evergreen: Tree or shrub that bears foliage all the year
• plumb: Precisely or exactly