Vocabulary

• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• common ancestor: An ancestor that two or more species have in common and from which they both evolved.
• grow out of: To develop or originate from something.
• have on: To be wearing something.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• dominant male: The alpha male in a social hierarchy, typically in animal groups.
• in terms of
• ask in: To invite someone to enter one's home or place.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• bacteria: The very small creatures that can cause disease
• amount: Quantity of something
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• superior: Better; higher quality
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• ancestor: A person from your family that lived in the past
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• leave: To go away from; depart
• dioxide: An oxide containing two oxides per molecule
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• breathe: To move air into and out of your lungs
• cerebral: Having or concerning ideas rather than emotions
• replace: To use instead of something else
• fill: To make something full
• land: Region or country
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• accessory: Someone who assisted with a crime
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• atom: Smallest bit that matter can be broken down into
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• sand: Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
• clown: Performer in funny clothes who makes people laugh
• manually: By hand (not machine)
• female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
• importantly: In an important way;
• cashew: Kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• dragon: Imaginary creatures that breathe fire