Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• zoom by: To move very quickly past someone or something.
• hot air: Meaningless or exaggerated talk; empty rhetoric.
• dive in: To start doing something with a lot of enthusiasm.
• push through: To continue with a plan or activity despite difficulties or opposition.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• latch on: To understand something, often after a period of confusion or delay.
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• lap up
• at most: Not more than; a maximum of.
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• on to: Toward something; forward
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• below freezing: At a temperature lower than 0°C or 32°F.
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• out of reach: Cannot be touched as it is far away
• up top: In or at the highest position or location.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• get hands on: Involving active participation and direct experience.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• extreme: Very great in degree
• barely: Only just; just possible
• evolve: To develop certain features
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• strike: To hit something
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• exotic: Being very different or unusual
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• tiny: Very, very small
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• huge: Very very large
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• gigantic: Extremely large
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• dim: Not bright; not being clear
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
• frigid: (Especially of women) sexually unresponsive
• burn: To destroy with fire
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• nectar: Sweet liquid found in plants
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• plankton: Tiny plants and animals that fish eat in seas
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• saturate: To cause a liquid to not be able to absorb more
• sulfur: Smelly yellow chemical often found near volcanoes
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• sturgeon: Large primitive fish valued for its flesh