Vocabulary

• compete in: To take part in a contest or competition.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• by foot: Walking, instead of using transport
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• push off: To set off, depart, or leave, especially by boat
• off the ground: Having started or begun to operate or succeed.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in line with: In agreement with; conforming to.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talk on: To talk at length about a particular subject.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• evolve: To develop certain features
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• inherently: As an essential part of
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• athlete: Person trained to compete in sports
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• grasp: Person's control over something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• plague: To cause to have continual problems with something
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• notoriously: So as to be well-known for being something bad
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• persistence: Determination to keep doing even if it is hard
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• haul: To pull or drag something heavy (e.g. boat)
• modify: To make minor change to something
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• injury: Physical or emotional harm or damage
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• primate: One of species containing humans and monkeys
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• prosthetic: Artificial
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• mushy: Excessively or insincerely emotional
• anatomical: Concerning the structure of human body, etc.
• rim: Outer edge of something circular
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• posit: To put forward a theory or idea; suggest
• lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine
• notify: To inform; to communicate specific information
• duct: Narrow tube carrying a liquid within body or plant
• bipedal: Having two feet
• nay: Old-fashioned word for 'No'
• yankee: Sometimes used insultingly an American