Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in depth: Thoroughly and carefully; in detail.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• in theory: According to the stated ideas or principles
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• simultaneously: At the same time; all together
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• performance: Act of doing something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• investigation: Search for information about something
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• marshmallow: Spongy candy made of gelatin and sugar
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• spongy: Easy to squash, but resuming its original shape
• randomize: To arrange in a random order
• blackboard: Board that someone, e.g. a teacher, writes on
• teamwork: Cooperative work done by a team
• uncooked: Not cooked; not ready to eat