Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in terms of
• have to: Must do
• other places: Different locations or areas
• break through: To move quickly through (wall, etc.) using force
• not available: Not able to be used or obtained; inaccessible.
• on the order of: Approximately; about a certain amount or number.
• rate as: To consider someone or something to be of a particular quality or standard.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• going on: To continue doing something
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• material: Cloth; fabric
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• initial: First letter of your given name
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
• void: Empty feeling because nothing interests you
• previously: At an earlier time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• point: An item to be discussed
• aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• nitrogen: A colorless chemical element without a smell
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• deep: Complex and important
• axis: A line about which a rotating body turns
• part: Division of a book
• byproduct: A waste product made from making something else
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• 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
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• oxide: Compound from combining oxygen with a chemical
• locker: Cupboard with a lock to keep your possessions
• 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
• fluoride: Chemical added to water to improve tooth health
• backside: The part of your body you sit on
• sputter: (E.g. of an engine) to make an explosive sound