Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• live through: To experience something difficult or painful and survive it.
• have to: Must do
• due to: Because of; owing to
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• at least: As a minimum
• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• offspring: Child or young of a person, plant or animal
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• odor: A certain smell, often strong or distinct
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• identical: The same in every way
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• feast: Religious celebration
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• conceive: To become pregnant
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• slate: To strongly criticize someone usually in public
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• skinny: Too thin; very lean
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• happen: To take place or occur
• live: To be alive
• regenerate: To form or create new things
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• grandchild: Your son or daughter's child
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information