Vocabulary

• thermal mass: The ability of a material to absorb and store heat energy.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• out of print: No longer being published or available to buy new.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• on its way out: Becoming old-fashioned or obsolete.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• on site: At the location of a particular activity or project.
• from nowhere: Suddenly appearing without warning or expectation.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• source for: A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• regardless of
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• in reverse: In the opposite direction.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• fraction: Small part of something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• require: To demand that someone does something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• identical: The same in every way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• thermal: Item of warm clothing for cold weather use
• certification: Official or legal permission to do something
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• insulate: To prevent heat, electricity, sound from passing
• burn: To destroy with fire
• combustion: An act or instance of burning
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• fireplace: Open area in a wall where a fire can be built
• long: Person's name
• warm: To become more friendly or to like something
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• masonry: Materials used to build brick or stone structures
• cob: A type of nut from the hazel tree