Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• put back: To return something to the proper place
• in the ground: Located within or beneath the surface of the earth.
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• spot: A certain place or area
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• superior: Better; higher quality
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• sprout: To grow, produce, or develop e.g. ideas
• densely: Thickly (filled or covered)
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• reproduce: To make a copy of something
• sterile: Completely clean; with no bacteria
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• herb: Small leafy plant used in medicines or food
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• fungal: Concerning fungi
• durability: Product made to withstand repeated use
• borne: To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
• supermarket: Self-service store selling groceries etc.