Vocabulary

• in terms of
• going on: To continue doing something
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• go on: To continue doing something
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• set up
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• allow for: To take into consideration
• too heavy: Having excessive weight; difficult to lift or move.
• lead to: To result in some action
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• material: Cloth; fabric
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• spot: A certain place or area
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• amount: Quantity of something
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• spontaneously: In a sudden, unplanned way
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• contaminate: To make impure by adding a harmful element
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• equilibrium: A state of balance or harmony
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• part: Division of a book
• configuration: A shape or outline; a method of arrangement
• area: Amount of measured space
• byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• chlorine: Greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell
• bombardment: Act of dropping bombs on a place
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• facet: A part of something; aspect
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
• wafer: Thin light cookie often accompanying ice cream
• deposition: Removal of a person from his or her position
• sputter: (E.g. of an engine) to make an explosive sound