Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
• upwards of: More than; at least.
• lift up: To raise something to a higher position.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• work out
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• at a distance: Far away; not close.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• strength: Condition of being strong
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• tiny: Very, very small
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• factor: Something that influences a result
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• permanently: For a long time; always
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• flexible: Bending easily
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• piece: A counter in a board game
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• modify: To make minor change to something
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• encode: To change a message or information into code
• vibration: Shaking motion
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• burn: To destroy with fire
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• cube: Solid object that has six square sides
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• proportional: Having a size appropriate to the size of another
• bicep: Muscle of the front upper arm
• spider: Small creature with 8 legs that spins cobwebs
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information
• actin: A proteins into which actomyosin can be split