Vocabulary

• to the power of: Indicating exponentiation in math; repeated multiplication.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• lead to: To result in some action
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• in the Biblical sense: According to the meaning or context found in the Bible.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• check out
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• eat: To put food in your mouth
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• small: Little in size; not big
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• great: Very good; better than before
• close: Almost; near
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• video: Recording capturing action with sound
• magically: In a manner that uses or involves magic
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• belt: To leave somewhere quickly (UK use)
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• hole: An empty space, as in the ground, in a sock etc.
• coin: A small, flat piece of metal used as money
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• disk: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
• weaker: Having less power; less strong
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• terrify: To scare or greatly frighten
• blog: To read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal
• surround: To be all the way around something
• feeding: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• atom: Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• slightly: Only a little
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• observable: Being able to be seen, noticed, or sensed
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• considerably: Quite a lot; to a large degree
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• glorious: (Of a hero, achievements) deserving praise and awe
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• nickel: American coin worth 5 cents
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• asteroid: Very small planets that move around the sun
• radiate: To show a lot of feeling clearly
• commonplace: Being average or ordinary
• neutron: Charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
• elliptical: Indirect
• radius: Area around a certain point
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• creepy: Scary; annoying or unpleasant