Vocabulary

• fit into: To be small enough to go inside something.
• wear down: To erode or diminish something gradually through constant use or exposure.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• fast and furious: Done with great speed and energy; full of excitement and intensity.
• trade off: Exchange that occurs as a compromise
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• take down: To capture physically
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• deal with
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• strength: Condition of being strong
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• evolve: To develop certain features
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• offspring: Child or young of a person, plant or animal
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• option: A choice
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• prefrontal: Anterior to a frontal structure
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• furious: Extremely angry
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• comparison: Act of comparing things
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• radically: Completely or extremely
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• endurance: Quality of lasting or of being permanent
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• part: Division of a book
• downside: Negative aspect of something
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• weak: Not having a strong character
• niche: Small part of a market representing an opportunity
• cheetah: Fast large spotted cat found in Africa and Asia
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• chimpanzee: Animal similar to a monkey but without a tail
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• outrun: To run faster than
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• long: Person's name
• lineage: People in someone's family who lived in the past
• mash: To make something soft by beating or crushing it
• savannah: Flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions
• chimp: Shortened form of 'chimpanzee'
• ox: Cow-like animal kept for providing milk or meat