Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• lead on: To encourage someone to believe something that is not true.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• going on: To continue doing something
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• hit home: To have a strong emotional impact; to affect deeply.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• quantity: A large amount of something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• leave: To go away from; depart
• trend: Current style or fashion
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• lapse: (Of license, etc.) to stop being valid; expire
• ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• penetrate: To enter or pass through something
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• inject: To add or put in more (money, energy etc.)
• injection: Act of adding or putting in; adding to
• unable: Not being able to do something
• incubator: Device for keeping newborn babies warm