Vocabulary

• regardless of
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• slice of pizza: A portion of pizza cut from the whole
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• sneak past: To move quietly and secretly past someone or something.
• against you: In opposition to you.
• going on: To continue doing something
• live for: To consider something the most important thing in your life; to find purpose or great pleasure in something.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• peel off: To remove the outer layer or skin of something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• go on: To continue doing something
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• shed: Small building used for storage
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• vary: To change something and make it different
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• defense: Argument in support of something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• melanin: Pigment giving color to skin, hair etc.
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• tan: A light brown color
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• alternatively: (Used when suggesting another choice)
• burn: To destroy with fire
• mount: To attach something to something else
• ultraviolet: Concerning light waves that are extremely short
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• clump: Mass or pile of something such as soil
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• dark: Of a color that is not light
• call: A order or request for action
• sunscreen: Cream spread on the skin to protect from sunburn
• kink: Small dent or curl in something, e.g. your hair
• sunburn: Burning your skin by being in the sun too long
• outermost: Situated the farthest possible point from a center