Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• for the last time: Used to emphasize that something is said or done finally or repeatedly.
• common ancestor: An ancestor that two or more species have in common and from which they both evolved.
• all the rage: Being the current popular thing
• at least: As a minimum
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• evolve: To develop certain features
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• rage: Strong or violent anger
• tiny: Very, very small
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• frequent: Happening often
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• mere: Just enough of something
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• construct: To build or create something
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• consist: To have as an essential, necessary or main part
• largely: In large part; mainly or chiefly
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• chimpanzee: Animal similar to a monkey but without a tail