Vocabulary

• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in battery: Refers to artillery arranged and ready for use.
• wear out
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• on to: Toward something; forward
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• on the market: Available for sale.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• in detail: Thoroughly and completely; giving full particulars.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• barely: Only just; just possible
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• shift: To change in position or direction
• conduct: Your behavior
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• optimal: Best or most desirable; best possible
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• accidentally: Unexpectedly; by mistake
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• tick: To function properly or normally
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• storage: Act of storing something; a depository for goods
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• fully: Completely or entirely
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• portable: Light enough to be moved around with ease
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• efficiency: Working well; producing something without waste
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• gel: Thick substance, similar to jelly
• iteration: Single execution of a repeated set of instructions
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• lithium: Soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
• useless: Having no use; incapable of functioning properly
• impractical: Not useful or realistically possible
• electrolyte: Electrically charged substances
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• safety: Device on a gun to prevent accidental shooting
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• test: To be given a medical examination
• headphone: Device put over the ears to listen to recordings
• ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
• doctoral: Concerning the highest academic degree