Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• advanced technology: Cutting-edge or highly developed technology.
• heading to: Going in a particular direction.
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• compared with: In relation to
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• amount: Quantity of something
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• require: To demand that someone does something
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• tropical: Hot and humid; near to the equator
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• forensic: Establishing facts or evidence in investigations
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
• part: Division of a book
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• underway: Happening now
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• martyr: Someone killed of suffering for their beliefs
• focal: (Of a point) being the main or important one
• identification: (Card or paper) that proves who a person is
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• scorch: To dry up from the power of the sun
• inscription: Words that are written or cut into statue, etc.
• logistic: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area