Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• have to: Must do
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in the red: Operating at a loss; in debt.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• material: Cloth; fabric
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• evolve: To develop certain features
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• randomly: With no pattern or clear purpose; by chance
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• yeast: A single-celled fungi used to make bread and beer
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• deep: Complex and important
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• descent: Movement downward; movement toward something bad
• trek: Slow or difficult journey
• hereditary: Passing from parents to children
• reproduction: Act or process of producing a copy of something
• beagle: Small short-legged smooth-coated breed of dog
• gorilla: Very large African ape, usually with dark fur
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• peed: To urinate