Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• point the finger: To blame or accuse someone of doing something wrong.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at least: As a minimum
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• wrestle with: To struggle to understand or make a difficult decision.
• check out
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• chill: State of being a little cold
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• colossal: Being extremely large in size or amount
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fetus: An unborn baby, at a later stage than an embryo
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• decompose: To cause (chemical) to separate into smaller parts
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• nucleus: Center of an atom
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• burn: To destroy with fire
• enlist: To obtain support from someone
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• graze: (Of cows, etc.) to eat grass growing in a field
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• unearth: To discover by searching thoroughly
• calf: Young cow
• transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
• mammoth: Large extinct animal resembling a hairy elephant
• woolly: Confused and vague; used especially of thinking
• shaggy: Covered with long, coarse, or matted hair
• grassland: Land where grass is dominant form of plant life
• steppe: Flat grassy plain with few trees