Vocabulary

• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• prey on: To victimize or exploit someone, especially someone vulnerable.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• feel around: To try to find something by touching things with your hands, especially when you cannot see.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• of all time: The best or most significant in history.
• in length: Relating to the measurement of something from end to end.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• cap on: An upper limit or restriction on something, such as spending or quantity.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• go on: To continue doing something
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• decade: Period of 10 years
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• sensory: Referring to the physical senses
• leave: To go away from; depart
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• niche: Small part of a market representing an opportunity
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• important: Having power or authority
• cringe: To crouch or move back suddenly, as in fear
• canine: Long, pointed tooth
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• poop: Feces
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• plaque: Sign on building as a reminder of an event/person
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• twitch: To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk
• buildup: Making people feel excited about some new event
• otter: Aquatic, carnivorous mammal of the weasel family
• walrus: Arctic sea-animal like seal but with 2 long tusks
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• tusk: Long curved pointed tooth, e.g. like an elephant
• sinus: Space in the skull that connects with the nostrils
• helix: Three-dimensional shape of a cone-like object