Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• dispose of: To get rid of something, especially by throwing it away.
• out of date: Expired; too old to be used
• at least: As a minimum
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in terms of
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• test: To be given a medical examination
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• game: Activity with rules that people play to have fun
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• sit: To take an exam
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• print: To make many copies of a page, magazine or book
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• download: To transfer data from a computer or the internet
• software: Computer applications and systems
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• examiner: Someone who gives a test
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• score: A sharp mark or cut in the surface of something
• independently: In a manner being free from the control of another
• label: A (luxury) brand owned by a company
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• organise: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• leaf: Page in a book
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• solving: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• blink: To close and open one or both of the eyes rapidly
• valid: Being in effect or in force, often legally
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• artificially: Not naturally; made by people
• characteristic: Typical or distinctive
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• imitation: Act of copying or imitating something
• illustration: Picture that helps explain something
• dispose: To get rid of by throwing away
• indication: Something showing something exists or will happen
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• masquerade: Fancy-dress party where people often wear masks
• plasticity: Property of being able to physically bend
• playwright: Person who writes plays
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• jigsaw: Cut up picture on card that you fit back together
• mustache: Hair that grows above the upper lip
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range