Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• darn good: Extremely good; excellent.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• map out: To plan or arrange something in detail.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• from the top: From the beginning.
• drill through: To make a hole by using a drill to penetrate an object or material completely.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• die out: To disappear completely; to become extinct
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• check out
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• slightly: Only a little
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• spot: A certain place or area
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• due: When something is required or expected
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• bitter: Feeling angry and sad over something
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• noggin: A human head
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• point: An item to be discussed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• penny: Person's name
• recessive: (Of genes) not appearing but remaining hidden