Vocabulary

• wind down: To become quiet or calm, after activity
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• leave out: To forget; omit
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• amount: Quantity of something
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• initial: First letter of your given name
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• halfway: A middle point between two extremes
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• subscription: Regular payment for a service, magazine etc.
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• nominate: To choose someone to fill a certain position
• intimately: Privately and personally
• outgoing: Leaving a place or a position
• offshore: (Of tax avoidance schemes) not in your country
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• dam: Wall built to stop the flow of water
• extraction: Process of taking something out of something else
• engineering: The practical application of science to industry
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• nonfiction: Not fiction; real or factual content of books
• nebula: Cloud of dust and gas in outer space