Vocabulary

• down the line: At a later time; in the future.
• without a doubt: Certainly; definitely.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• rodent: Animal that gnaws/bites, e.g. rat, mouse, rabbit
• point: An item to be discussed
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• primate: One of species containing humans and monkeys
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• smooth: Moving without stops and starts
• pinpoint: Exact, as of accuracy
• resemblance: Being similar in appearance
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• lizard: Reptile with scales and a long body and tail
• fishy: Strange; suspicious; probably untrue
• prehistoric: Relating to the period before written history
• album: Book with a collection of photographs or pictures
• snapshot: A photograph, especially an informal one
• ancestral: Concerning dead relatives
• decidedly: Without question and beyond doubt
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• reconstruct: To rebuild something after it has been destroyed
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
• grandparent: Your mother or father's parent