Vocabulary

• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on display: In a place where something can be seen by the public.
• in service: Available for use; operational
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• in style: Fashionable; popular
• mess with: To interfere with or tamper with something.
• came to pass: To happen; to occur.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• space museum: A museum dedicated to the history and science of space exploration.
• in vain: Without success or result; futilely.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• gigantic: Extremely large
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• century: Period of 100 years
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• lengthy: Having a lot of something, such as pages in a book
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stationary: Being still or unmoving
• luxurious: Being very comfortable, beautiful, and expensive
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• great: Very good; better than before
• symbol: Image that means or represents something
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• abruptly: Suddenly; without warning
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• flagship: Chief one of a related group
• ownership: State of having a legal right to possess something
• reef: Line of rocks or sand at the surface of the ocean
• bob: To move up and down repeatedly
• pier: Strong post that helps support something
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• waterfront: Harbor or dockyard of city near the water
• transatlantic: Going across the Atlantic Ocean
• dropout: One quitting school before graduation
• heyday: Period when someone, thing was successful, popular
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• liner: Material used to cover the inside surface of
• chassis: Supporting frame of a structure, esp. a car