Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• pop up: To appear suddenly.
• going on: To continue doing something
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• seal off: To close an entrance to a place
• climb up: To ascend or move to a higher position by using one's hands and feet.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• withstand: To remain unaffected by something or someone
• sniff: To detect something, e.g. a potential problem
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• master: To gain control over something
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• replace: To use instead of something else
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• poisonous: Harmful; unfriendly; unpleasant
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• basement: Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
• pesky: Causing irritation or annoyance
• picky: Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
• trash: Garbage or anything that is worthless
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• cripple: To hurt and make useless
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• olfactory: Concerning the sense of smell
• regenerate: To form or create new things
• peppermint: A mint candy
• stomp: To walk, dance, or move with heavy steps
• cockroach: Insect with a hard, flat wing and long antennae
• regenerative: Of, relating to, or marked by regeneration
• roach: Another name for cockroach, an insect
• plumb: Precisely or exactly
• molt: (Of animals) to lose hair, e.g. on an annual basis