Vocabulary

• set up
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• check out
• such as: For example; like
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• in the scene: Present at the location where something is happening or has happened.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• high and low: Searching everywhere thoroughly.
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• by default: Automatically, unless the user specifies otherwise.
• walk through: To show someone carefully how to do something
• opening up: Revealing one's thoughts and feelings; becoming more communicative.
• into time: Over a period, involving a gradual process or change.
• dig into: To start eating food enthusiastically.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• due to: Because of; owing to
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• check on: To check that things are OK, correct
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at a glance: Immediately; instantly upon looking.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• kick off: To start a football match.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• on and off: Intermittently; not continuously.
• in the green: Having a financial profit or gain.
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• material: Cloth; fabric
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• duplicate: Something that is the exact same thing as another
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• layout: Plan or design of something, e.g. of book page
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• bracket: Placement of a word or words within ( ) [ or ]
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• tile: Squares of hard material to cover floor/roof/wall
• ambient: Of or in the surrounding area or air
• geometry: Mathematical study of shapes, surfaces, and space
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• geometric: With regular mathematical patterns/straight lines
• setup: Way something is organized or arranged
• toggle: A security device for software
• preview: Showing of a movie before public release
• poly: Multiple; many
• bevel: To make angled edge to a mirror, etc.
• occlusion: Closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
• cad: Man who acts badly to women
• boolean: Logic system using and, or, if, then, not, except