Vocabulary

• come from: To have as your native country or city
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• close to home: Emotionally sensitive or personally relevant to someone.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• even out: To become level or uniform.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• check out
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• extreme: Very great in degree
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• chill: State of being a little cold
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• favor: Support or approval from people
• option: A choice
• click: To work well with someone or something
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• fusion: Combining various things to make something new
• sticky: Easy to adhere or stick to other things
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• alternatively: (Used when suggesting another choice)
• mantle: History cloak without sleeves worn over clothes
• contend: To struggle or compete for
• minuscule: Very, very small
• extraterrestrial: Originating, located or occurring outside Earth
• oasis: Place in a desert where there is water
• magma: Hot liquid rock from the Earth's crust
• comet: Moving object in space, with a long, bright tail
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• corona: Outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
• outermost: Situated the farthest possible point from a center
• cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height