Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• out of place: Not comfortable or belonging in a particular situation.
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• pull on: To put on a piece of clothing quickly and easily.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• sit down: To take a seat
• get to the bottom of: To find the true cause or explanation of something.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• come full circle: To return to the original state or situation.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• have to: Must do
• trade in: To give something as part of the payment for something else.
• in the driver's seat: In a position of control or authority.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• grand: A counter for 1000 of something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• century: Period of 100 years
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• revolutionize: To completely change so that it is much better
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• unravel: To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• datum: Item of factual information
• optimist: Someone who believes the future will be good
• collaborator: Someone who cooperates with an enemy
• verification: Confirmation of the truth or accuracy of something
• encyclopedia: Reference book of information about many subjects
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'
• calculator: A small electronic device used for calculation
• bottleneck: Become narrow, like a bottleneck
• calculus: Branch of math dealing with rates of change, etc.
• online: Connected to the internet
• conjecture: Forming an opinion/conclusion with little evidence