Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• pull down: To destroy an old building; demolish
• waste away: To gradually become weaker and thinner, often due to illness or lack of food.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• instruction: A command for someone formally to do something
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• retina: Part of the eye that senses light
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fetus: An unborn baby, at a later stage than an embryo
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• invent: To create something such as a story or excuse
• resonance: Continuing to make a loud clear deep sound
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• yolk: Yellow central part of a bird's egg
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• opaque: Hard to see through; cloudy
• penis: Male organ for copulation and urination
• visualization: Act of creating an image in your mind
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• atrium: Open area in a building
• anew: Doing something again or in a different way
• origami: Japanese art of folding paper into artistic shapes
• spaceflight: Voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere