Vocabulary

• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• solar eclipse: An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• strike: To hit something
• consider: To think carefully about something
• decade: Period of 10 years
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• absurd: So foolish as to be difficult to believe
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• obsess: To talk or think about someone, something too much
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• accurately: Exactly and without any mistakes; correctly
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• fascination: Quality that attracts attention
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• carve: To cut a piece of cooked meat into thin slices
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pioneer: Person exploring a new place or field of endeavor
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• burn: To destroy with fire
• land: Region or country
• astronomy: Study of stars and other bodies in space
• chime: To make a musical, harmonious sound
• lunar: Concerning, about, or from the moon
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• brilliance: Great amount of skill or intelligence
• handwritten: Being written by hand (i.e. not typed)