Vocabulary

• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• into space: Toward or entering the region beyond Earth's atmosphere.
• at least: As a minimum
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• crash down: To fall violently and noisily to the ground.
• burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
• down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
• on impact: Immediately upon collision or forceful contact.
• looking out: To take care and watch something carefully
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• fall out
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• set back: To cost someone, often a large amount
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• make contact with: To initiate communication with someone.
• have to: Must do
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• atmosphere: Air around us
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• tiny: Very, very small
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• occasional: Not happening often; irregular; rare
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• satellite: Device sent into space that aids communication
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• nutshell: Shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• splash: To throw water or liquids in many directions
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• magnetic: Having the properties of a magnet; able to attract
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• piece: A counter in a board game
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• collide: To come together or crash with a lot of force
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
• cascade: Body of water falling from something tall
• plasma: Substance in which the blood cells are carried
• burn: To destroy with fire
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• domino: Flat rectangular blocks with spots used in a game
• tether: To restrain with a rope; tie down; tie up
• orbital: Concerning an orbit
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock
• shotgun: Double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon