Vocabulary

• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• strike: To hit something
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• plateau: Flat land that is higher than the land around it
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• horizontal: Concerning the horizon
• ceramic: Made from clay and hardened in a very hot oven
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• battery: Portable device that stores electricity
• elongate: To make something longer; to extend something
• globally: Throughout the world
• zoom: Camera lens used to magnify images
• wobble: To be indecisive; hesitate
• titanium: Light, extremely strong, whitish silver metal
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• playback: Act of reproducing recorded sound
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• connectivity: Degree to which computer system has connections
• modem: Device that sends data to another computer
• hertz: Unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves