Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in terms of
• at least: As a minimum
• go on: To continue doing something
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• by extension: Using a word or phrase in a wider context than is usual, typically to include situations that are similar to the one that the word or phrase was originally used for.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• cry out: To shout or scream loudly, often due to pain, fear, or surprise.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• strike: To hit something
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• franchise: Right to run a business using name of a company
• address: Exact street location of a place
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• require: To demand that someone does something
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• equation: Mathematical statement showing things to be equal
• soak: To make something completely wet
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• fantasy: Something imagined and very different from reality
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• shut: To stop being open for business
• infinity: State of being without end; endless time, space
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• gravitational: Concerning the force of gravity
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• invoke: To appeal for help/protection to higher authority
• visually: With respect to vision
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• beam: To send out information, signals, or light
• overboard: Going over the side of a boat or ship into the sea
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• interstellar: Being in the space between stars or star systems
• rock: To be greatly upset by something, e.g. a death
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• radius: Area around a certain point
• workplace: Place where work is done
• magma: Hot liquid rock from the Earth's crust
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• calculus: Branch of math dealing with rates of change, etc.
• spaceship: Spacecraft designed to travel into space