Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• non stick: A substance used to coat a surface to prevent things from sticking to it.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• all over the place: In a state of disorder; scattered everywhere.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• get a grip: To control your emotions and behave more calmly.
• feel sick: To experience a sensation of nausea or illness
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• interact with
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• local communities: Groups of people living in the same area or having particular characteristics in common.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• solidify: To make or become solid or more solid
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• convict: Person in prison
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• adhesive: A substance used for gluing one thing to another
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
• slick: Confident; effortlessly effective
• mob: A secret criminal organization
• dissipate: To disappear over time
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• backbone: Strength and determination
• molecular: About or caused by molecules
• landing: To arrive or cause a boat to arrive at the shore
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• waterproof: That keeps water out, as of clothes
• polymer: Chemical substance made up of simple molecules
• mafia: Secret criminal organization
• canister: Container, usually cylindrical and made of metal
• strongly: With strength or in a strong manner
• rocky: (Of a marriage, etc.) involving many difficulties
• boss: Person in charge of you at work
• primer: A kind of paint put on to make the top coat better
• ventilate: To allow fresh air to enter and circulate in room
• cook: To heat food until it is ready to eat
• etch: To cut lines on metal to make a picture
• velcro: Fasten with Velcro
• coefficient: Number by which another number is multiplied
• manhattan: A cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters
• fluorine: Nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite
• nonstick: (Of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) Permitting easy removal of adherent food particles