Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• change over: To switch from one thing to another.
• in reverse: In the opposite direction.
• catch up: To become equal with another person
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• root for: To support a sports team
• food source: A place or thing from which food is obtained.
• in appearance: Judging by how someone or something looks.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• come along: To go with someone who takes the lead
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• cuddle: To hold in your arms to show love or care for
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• chill: State of being a little cold
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• companion: Someone who keeps you company, goes out with you
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• important: Having power or authority
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• juvenile: Concerning young people or children
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• adult: Person or animal that is fully grown
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• flatter: To praise in a rather false way, to get something
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• happen: To take place or occur
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• domesticate: To train an animal as a pet or to do work; tame
• floppy: Being soft and able to be bent easily
• newborn: Having just/recently arisen or come into existence
• cavalier: Gentleman trained in arms and horsemanship
• chimp: Shortened form of 'chimpanzee'
• cuteness: State of being attractive in a pretty way