Vocabulary

• chomp down on: To bite or chew something firmly and loudly.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• pass along: To give something to someone.
• help out: To assist someone
• chow down: To eat quickly and enthusiastically; to devour.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• evolve: To develop certain features
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• innate: Being part of something's nature
• occasionally: Not very often; sometimes; seldom
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• flexible: Bending easily
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• click: To work well with someone or something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• devour: To eat quickly and hungrily
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• snack: Small amount of food eaten between meals
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• consultation: Meeting with a doctor or specialist to get advice
• triple: Group or set of three
• munch: Sound made when eating something quickly or loudly
• cannibalism: Practice of one human eating another
• chomp: To chew noisily and strongly
• mantis: Large insectivorous insect with prayerlike pose