Vocabulary

• along with: In addition to; together with.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in flight: Act of flying
• have to: Must do
• make up: To invent or create a story
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• arranged in: Organized or placed in a specific order or manner within a particular space or format.
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• material: Cloth; fabric
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• cabin: Small basic wooden home in the countryside
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
• fly: Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• weight: How heavy something is
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• metal: Usually hard shiny material mined from rock
• flexible: Bending easily
• behave: To act correctly
• replace: To use instead of something else
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• weigh: To balance things against each other
• engineer: Someone whose job is designing machines, buildings
• heavy: Greater in amount, degree, or severity than usual
• engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• safe: Highly likely
• resistant: Not affected by something
• aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• spacecraft: Vehicle capable of traveling to outer space
• lightweight: Weighing less compared to a similar thing
• nickel: American coin worth 5 cents
• magnesium: Silver, white metal burning with a white flame
• extensively: Very much or often; to a large degree
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• structural: Concerning or caused by structure
• titanium: Light, extremely strong, whitish silver metal
• composite: Made of more than one different part
• pressurize: To add pressure to something (e.g. a diving suit)
• quieter: Making less sound
• zinc: Bluish white metal used in making brass
• alloy: A metal formed from two or more different metals
• corrosion: Deterioration in metals caused by chemical action
• weld: To bring things together in close association
• julian: Of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar
• lightness: Degree to which something is light in weight
• manganese: Brittle gray metallic element that resembles iron
• colder: Having a lower temperature than
• ductile: Capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out