Vocabulary

• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• comprehension: Act of understanding, e.g. a reading text
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• leap: To enter or start something eagerly
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• elevator: Machine that carries people between floors
• hydraulic: Of a system operated by water or other liquids
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot
• pharaoh: A king or queen who ruled in ancient Egypt
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• dam: Wall built to stop the flow of water
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• leach: To remove by passing a liquid through a substance
• enclosure: Area surrounded by a fence