Vocabulary

• at once: Immediately; without delay
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• go on: To continue doing something
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• physical things: Tangible objects that can be touched or seen; material items.
• go away: To go on vacation
• for instance: As an example.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• in principle: In theory; as a general idea, though not yet in practice or detail.
• by the book: According to the rules; strictly
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• check out
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• hilarious: Extremely amusing; very funny
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• amount: Quantity of something
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• spare: To make (money or time) available for
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• require: To demand that someone does something
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• identical: The same in every way
• syllable: Part of a word containing a vowel
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• alphabet: Letters, symbols, characters of a written language
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• binary: Having two parts; using only 2 numbers, 1 and 0
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• redundant: Not necessary or needed
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• embody: To make something into part of a body or system
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• unit: One apartment in a building
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• surely: With certainty; definitely
• floppy: Being soft and able to be bent easily
• denser: Thicker and more difficult to see, get through
• quantify: To find or calculate the quantity of something
• extrapolate: To use facts to make guesses, opinions
• disk: Thin or flat, round object, e.g. for storing data
• interchange: Exchange of something, e.g. ideas or information
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• byte: Small measurement of computer information
• megabyte: Unit of information equal to 1,000,000 bytes