Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in return: As a reciprocal action or gesture; in exchange or repayment.
• chase away: To try and make something or someone leave
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• material: Cloth; fabric
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• flexible: Bending easily
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• tuck: To put something into a small or safe place
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• camouflage: Blending into the background by being similar
• cartilage: Strong flexible tissue connecting bones, joints
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• sight: To aim (a gun) at something to get your range
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• antarctica: An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to , feet deep
• shrimp: Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• land: Region or country
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• deep: Complex and important
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• sting: To be aroused to anger or action
• coral: Color that is a combination of pink and orange
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• aquatic: Living or growing near or in water
• backbone: Strength and determination
• symbiotic: In an interdependent relationship
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• vertebrate: Having a backbone
• eel: Long thin fish that looks like a snake
• ray: Person's name
• jellyfish: Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• temperate: Having weather that is not too hot; mild
• invertebrate: Creature without a backbone, e.g. crabs or worms
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• umbrella: Including many smaller things of the same type
• anemone: Plant with red, blue or white flowers
• seafloor: Bottom of the sea
• manta: Blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl
• clownfish: Small orange white and black fish