Vocabulary

• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• stumble across: To find something unexpectedly or by chance.
• source for: A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
• shapes and sizes: A wide variety of forms and dimensions.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• check out
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• evolve: To develop certain features
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• bulk: Most of something; majority of
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• respond: To answer something or someone
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• adaptation: Music, movie or play, changed to a new form
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• weed: (Childish use) to urinate; go to the bathroom
• hop: Dance party
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• modify: To make minor change to something
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• deep: Complex and important
• area: Amount of measured space
• photosynthesis: Process of plants using the sun to make their food
• succulent: (Of food) juicy and delicious
• cactus: Fleshy spiky plant that grows in hot, dry areas
• wither: To become drier and smaller, as when dead or dying
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• live: To be alive
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• lateral: On the side; moving sideways
• close: Almost; near
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
• prickly: Causing or having a sharp needle-like feeling
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• limestone: Sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium
• mistletoe: Shrub with green-white berries, seen at Christmas
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• melon: Hard round fruit with sweet juicy flesh and seeds
• transpire: To take place or occur