Vocabulary

• in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
• drive back: To force someone or something to retreat or move backward.
• to the full: Completely; to the greatest extent possible.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• land with: To bring an aircraft down to the ground.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• chomping at the bit: Feeling eager or impatient to begin something.
• at a cost: Involving loss or sacrifice.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• off the shelf: Readily available; not custom-made.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• by and large: Generally; on the whole; mostly.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• synonymous: Having the same meaning as another word
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• feasible: Possible; that you can believe will work/succeed
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• defense: Argument in support of something
• sufficient: Having or providing enough when needed
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• maritime: Concerning sailing, ships
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• vain: Too proud of yourself, especially your appearance
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• simulation: A copying method to study the real world
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• frontier: Border crossing between countries
• strap: Strip of leather cloth etc. used to attach/support
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• beam: To send out information, signals, or light
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• nugget: Small, solid lump (of gold, chicken, wisdom etc.)
• happen: To take place or occur
• datum: Item of factual information
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• offshore: (Of tax avoidance schemes) not in your country
• asymmetric: Having no balance; not the same on both sides
• oceanic: Concerning the ocean
• disarm: To take away the weapons of
• tenuous: (Of a connection) light, flimsy or weak
• configure: To construct or arrange in a certain way
• underwater: (Moving or existing) beneath the surface of water
• whiplash: Neck/back injury from sudden jerk, as in car crash
• chomp: To chew noisily and strongly
• standardize: To change to make everything the same level
• sonar: System using sound waves to detect objects
• undersea: Beneath the surface of the sea
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography
• seawater: Water from the sea; salt water