Vocabulary

• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• spread out: To extend or stretch over a large area.
• true to form: Acting in a way that is typical or expected of someone.
• beyond a shadow of a doubt: With absolute certainty, without any doubt at all.
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• molecule: Two or more atoms chemically combined
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• tiny: Very, very small
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• flexible: Bending easily
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• tray: A wide flat thing to carry food on
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• sturdy: Substantially made or built; strong
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fill: To make something full
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• deep: Complex and important
• grease: Liquid or melted fat from animals used for cooking
• cellular: Concerning a cell of a living thing
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• part: Division of a book
• behold: To look at
• area: Amount of measured space
• contraption: Piece of equipment looking old-fashioned or odd
• outermost: Situated the farthest possible point from a center
• goat: Small animal with beard and horns
• leaky: Allowing fluid or air to enter or escape
• sheep: Animal with a woolly coat raised for meat or wool
• soapy: Resembling or having the qualities of soap
• helix: Three-dimensional shape of a cone-like object
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information