Vocabulary

• latch onto: To understand something, often after a period of confusion.
• cling to: To hold onto something tightly, often for support or safety.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• keystone species: A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• stretch out: To extend your body, especially by lying down and reaching with your arms and legs.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• void: Empty feeling because nothing interests you
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• row: To move a boat using oars
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• latch: To tightly attach yourself to something
• great: Very good; better than before
• land: Region or country
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• lizard: Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
• penguin: Black and white sea bird that cannot fly
• circular: Shaped like a circle or part of a circle
• surf: To view webpages on the internet
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• mole: Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
• beaver: Small furry animal that builds things
• keystone: Central building block at the top of an arch
• ether: Formerly, liquid inducing sleep before dental work
• lifeboat: Strong boat designed to rescue people at sea