Vocabulary

• set up
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• throw on: To put on clothing quickly and carelessly.
• curl up: To lie or sit with your legs bent close to your body.
• grab at: To try to quickly take or seize something with your hand.
• on the defensive: Behaving as if you are being attacked or criticized.
• turn around: To change your body to the opposite direction
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• lead to: To result in some action
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• spot: A certain place or area
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• solitary: Done alone; spending a lot of time alone
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• initial: First letter of your given name
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• marine: Soldier trained to serve on land and sea
• defense: Argument in support of something
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• buddy: Friend, usually male
• formidable: Powerful; causing fear and deserving respect
• clash: To have a disagreement or fight over something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• pal: Friend
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• squid: Sea creature with ten arms, and a long thin body
• razor: Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• propulsion: Forward movement often under power
• tentacle: Long thin arm of some animals like an octopus
• crab: Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
• octopus: Sea creature with eight arms or tentacles
• beak: Hard pointed parts of a bird's mouth; bill
• jug: Large container, usually for pouring liquids
• aggressor: Country or person that starts a fight or conflict
• horseshoe: Metal plate nailed to the hoof of a horse