Vocabulary

• out of breath: Having difficulty breathing, often after physical exertion.
• under water: Beneath the surface of water.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• lead to: To result in some action
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• head up: To lead or manage a team, project, or organization.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• silly: Careless
• lethal: Causing or able to cause death
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• leave: To go away from; depart
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• tranquil: Calm; peaceful
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• salute: Raising your hand to your head to show respect
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• propulsion: Forward movement often under power
• critique: A review of the quality of a work
• thud: Dull noise, as of something heavy falling
• plop: Sound made when a solid is dropped into a liquid