Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• deal with
• have to: Must do
• come about: To turn a boat around; (of boat) to turn around
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• hang onto: To hold something tightly.
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• on all-fours: Position with hands and knees on the ground.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• shift: To change in position or direction
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• due: When something is required or expected
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• vary: To change something and make it different
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• usage: Amount something is used
• modify: To make minor change to something
• shove: To roughly push someone or something away
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• abdomen: The part of the body where the stomach is
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
• chin: Part of your face below your mouth above your neck
• reptile: Animals such as snakes, lizards
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• furry: Covered with a dense coat of fine hairs
• armpit: Hollow place under your arm at the shoulder
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• area: Amount of measured space
• byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
• categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
• wiggle: To move from side to side with short fast movement
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• remnant: Piece of cloth left over
• puff: To breath in and out quickly
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• squish: To walk through mud or puddles
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• worm: Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
• culmination: The point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point
• erect: Standing straight up
• throwback: Example of a species thought dead, but revived
• gorilla: Very large African ape, usually with dark fur
• discrete: Separate; composed of distinct parts
• molar: Tooth with broad biting surface used for grinding
• cuckoo: Bird that lays its eggs in the nest of other birds
• breastfeed: To feed a baby with breast milk
• locomotion: Moving, or ability to move, from place to place
• bipedal: Having two feet
• femur: Bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee