Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• next to: Being located along side another
• have to: Must do
• pile up: To put things on top of each other to form a pile
• on the move: Traveling or going from place to place.
• on command: Immediately when told to do something.
• angle for: Try to obtain something indirectly or subtly.
• back off: To stop supporting; lose courage
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• spot: A certain place or area
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• pile: Large amount of something
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• tiny: Very, very small
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• complimentary: (Of goods) free; available for no money
• flexible: Bending easily
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• sodium: A soft, white chemical element
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• adhesive: A substance used for gluing one thing to another
• spatula: Hand tool used to mix or spread soft substances
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• minuscule: Very, very small
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• forest: Large area with many trees
• affinity: A feeling of attraction or relationship
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• patchy: Happening or existing irregularly
• electron: A negatively charged particle
• gecko: Small chiefly tropical, nocturnal lizard
• relocate: To move to a new or different place