Vocabulary

• start out: To begin your life or career in a particular way.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• stick together: To support each other; remain united.
• walk on water: To perform a miracle; to do something seemingly impossible.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• lead to: To result in some action
• capillary action: The ability of a liquid to flow in narrow spaces without the assistance of, or even in opposition to, external forces like gravity.
• climb up: To ascend or move to a higher position by using one's hands and feet.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• interact with
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• in terms of
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• painfully shy: Extremely shy; excessively timid and uncomfortable in social situations.
• deal with
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• heat up: To become warmer; to make something warmer.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• aside from
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• ice: Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• glass: Clear hard container used for drinking
• important: Having power or authority
• drawn: To attract attention to someone or something
• salt: Natural white crystal used to flavor food
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• hot: Angry or excited
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• easily: Clearly; without doubt; certainly
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• cool: Steady and calm when facing difficulties
• call: A order or request for action
• gas: Elements in our air, like oxygen or nitrogen
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• area: Amount of measured space
• air: Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• discover: To find something new that was not known before
• composition: Piece of writing, music etc.
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• skin: To defeat someone easily and completely
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• polar: Concerning the areas near the North or South poles
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• polarity: Relation between two opposite attributes
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• sweating: To do an amount of hard work
• atom: Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
• density: Degree to which an area is filled or covered
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• dissolving: To cause something to end
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• eccentric: Out of the ordinary; acting unusually or oddly
• hydrogen: Lightest of all chemical elements
• cohesive: United and working together effectively
• cohesion: State of being logical and well-organized
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• solvent: Substance used to dissolve or melt others
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• rover: Someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
• housekeeper: Person employed to maintain a home for another
• ionic: Containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions
• aire: A breed of large terrier, originally from Yorkshire, England.
• bead: Small round thing made from stone, glass, liquid
• phlogiston: Hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear