Vocabulary

• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• block out: To cover so something cannot be seen or heard
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• solar eclipse: An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• slightly: Only a little
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• strike: To hit something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• tilt: To change to a newly preferred idea or opinion
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• shadow: To cover something with shade
• part: Division of a book
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• alignment: Agreement to work together on a common goal
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• volcanic: (E.g. of a temperament) easily angered; violent
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• lunar: Concerning, about, or from the moon
• partial: Giving better treatment to one person than another
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise
• refract: To change the direction of light through glass