Vocabulary

• in perfect harmony: In complete agreement or accord; working together seamlessly.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• arranged in: Organized or placed in a specific order or manner within a particular space or format.
• from the heart: In a very sincere and genuine way.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• pointing at: To aim (gun, etc.) at someone or something
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• century: Period of 100 years
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• astronomical: Extremely large or high
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• cosmic: Concerning space and the universe
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• part: Division of a book
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• celestial: Concerning the sky or objects in the sky
• cosmos: The universe
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• astronomy: Study of stars and other bodies in space
• telescope: Tube-shaped device used to see a great distance
• astronomer: Scientist studying stars and other bodies in space
• flatten: To make level and spread out over a surface
• spherical: Round and shaped like a ball
• catalog: Book of items that are available for purchase
• silently: In a perfectly quiet way
• galactic: Concerning a galaxy
• swan: Large white water bird with a long graceful neck
• dimmer: Control that varies brightness of lights
• disk: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data