Vocabulary

• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• every kind of: Each and all types of something; all varieties of.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• end up with: To have something as a result.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• at least: As a minimum
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• turn into: To change to become something else
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• in different ways: Using various methods or approaches; with variety.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• on behalf of: As the representative of someone
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• tiny: Very, very small
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• couple: To join something to something else
• patron: Person buying products or services of a business
• agriculture: The science of farming
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• ferment: To go through a chemical change to make alcohol
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• almond: Type of long flat nut
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• microbe: Very small, microscopic, living thing
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• teeny: Very small
• impart: To give a certain quality to something or someone
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• clump: Mass or pile of something such as soil
• add: To include as well
• butcher: Store selling meat; person who sells meats
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• soy: Food substance made from soya beans
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• scaffold: To build on previous information or knowledge
• whey: Watery part of milk left after it has gone sour
• vat: A large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
• reactor: Device to control nuclear energy as a power source
• tofu: Compressed bean curd used in cooking