Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• to the good: An advantage or credit that one has.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• back in the day: In the past; in former times.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• couple: To join something to something else
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• advent: First appearance of something important
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• tale: Story that is not true
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• great: Very good; better than before
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• land: Region or country
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• poison: To affect something in a very negative way
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• origin: Point at which something begins or is created
• classic: Having a simple, basic design or style
• homeless: Having no home; living on the streets
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• wondrous: Extraordinarily good or great
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• incorrect: Being wrong or inaccurate
• unbelievable: Being very hard to believe; very great
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• recount: A check on the number, as of votes
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
• rickety: Likely to fall or collapse; shaky
• mama: A mother