Vocabulary

• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• at school: Present and attending school.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• scheme of things: The way that things are generally ordered or arranged in the world or in a particular situation.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• from scratch: From the very beginning; from nothing.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• deliberately: In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• tiny: Very, very small
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• fraction: Small part of something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• civilization: A highly developed society
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• paranoid: Believing others are trying to harm you
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• riddle: Amusing question that has a clever or funny answer
• wrinkle: Small folds in the skin, e.g. as a sign of age
• awe: To feel admiration, respect, or fear
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• quantum: The smallest unit or amount of energy
• fill: To make something full
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• infinity: State of being without end; endless time, space
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• electromagnetic: Having magnetic and electrical parts
• spawn: Product or result of something
• minuscule: Very, very small
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• underway: Happening now
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• intimately: Privately and personally
• happen: To take place or occur
• terrestrial: Concerning the earth; not of, in the air or space
• shrunk: To become smaller
• mist: Light water droplets in air, so you can't see well
• datum: Item of factual information
• teem: To have many active living things moving inside
• extrapolate: To use facts to make guesses, opinions
• stereo: Device transmitting sound through two speakers
• edifice: A building, especially a large one
• impossibly: So as not to be possible or acceptable
• nanosecond: One billionth of a second