Vocabulary

• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• lead to: To result in some action
• fall apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• thaw out: To become unfrozen; to melt.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• material: Cloth; fabric
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• conquer: To take possession of (land, city) with an army
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• atmosphere: Air around us
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• shrink: To become smaller
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• organic: Developing naturally and without a set structure
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• methane: Colorless gas without smell often used as fuel
• capsule: Tube-shaped plastic casing filled with medicine
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• infectious: Capable of transmitting disease to others
• reindeer: Large type of deer, associated with Christmas
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• decompose: To cause (chemical) to separate into smaller parts
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• deadly: Causing or capable of causing death
• area: Amount of measured space
• burn: To destroy with fire
• carcass: Dead body of an animal
• permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen
• graze: (Of cows, etc.) to eat grass growing in a field
• greenhouse: Greenhouse gas that makes the Earth get warmer
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• freezer: Electric refrigerator operating below zero degrees
• northern: In or toward the north
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• unstable: (Of a chair, etc.) likely to move, fall etc.
• anthrax: Highly infectious animal disease