Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• strength: Condition of being strong
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• fabric: Cloth or material
• precision: Performed in a very careful, detailed manner
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• enlightenment: State of having a lot of knowledge and wisdom
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• invention: Something new that is different from other things
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• motion: Suggestion at a meeting
• steam: Mist collecting on a surface when wet air cools
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• weave: To make a cloth or baskets by crossing threads
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• spun: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• automate: To make automatic by using machines
• costly: Being very expensive, often wasteful
• workshop: A brief intensive course for a small group
• cloth: Piece of material used for cleaning, etc.
• parchment: Strong, tough paper
• birthplace: Place where someone was born
• leapt: To enter or start something eagerly
• magnetism: Property causing metal objects to attract or repel
• watt: Standard unit used to measure electrical power