Vocabulary

• as it stands: In the present condition or situation.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• act: To behave in a certain way
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• absent: Not present at a usual or expected place
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• advertise: To show how good a product is, to make people buy
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• manager: Person who controls and runs a business or group
• ask: To say to someone that you want something
• cancel: To end a legal, business, or other agreement
• amber: Hard, clear yellow dried resin from trees
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• safety: Device on a gun to prevent accidental shooting
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• thank: To tell someone you are grateful to them