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Revistas Chapter 1
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| apasionante | exciting; thrilling |
| astronauta | astronaut |
| atacar | to attack |
| camioneta | pickup truck |
| capítulo | chapter |
| cohete | rocket |
| concebir | to conceive |
| despegue | launch, lift off |
| entrenamiento | training |
| escándalo | racket |
| garra | claw |
| grúa | tow truck |
| hito | milestone |
| Marte | Mars |
| monstruo | monster |
| nave | spaceship |
| perder(se) | to miss out |
| platillo volador | flying saucer |
| recuerdo | souvenir |
| riguroso | rigorous; thorough |
| velocidad | speed |
| acontecimiento | event |
| aterrizaje | landing |
| burlarse de | to make fun of |
| casco | helmet |
| choque | crash |
| decepción | disappointment |
| extraterrestre | alien |
| jugar a ser | to play (make believe) |
| marciano | Martian |
| soñar con | to dream of |
| sueño | dream |
| atrasar | to run behind/slow |
| bichos | stuff, things |
| correrse la voz | to spread the news |
| de puenas a primeras | suddenly |
| exigir | to demand |
| fantasma | ghost |
| muñeca | wrist |
| rodear | to surround |
| suelo | ground |
| conmovido | (emotionally) moved |
| encuentro | meeting |
| enterarse | to find out |
| imaginario | imaginary |
| inocencia | innocence |
| magia | magic |
| pobreza | poverty |
| advertir | to warn |
| células madre | stem cells |
| clonar | to clone |
| curar | to cure |
| embrión | embryo |
| peligro de extinción | at risk of extinction |
| enfermedad | illness, disease |
| escéptico/a | skeptic |
| eugenesia | eugenics |
| genético | genetic |
| inaudito | unheard of, unprecedented |
| infertilidad | infertility |
| órgano | organ |
| prometedor | promising |
| riesgo | risk |
| ser humano | human being |
| tejido | tissue |
| temer | to fear |
| terapéutico | therapeutic |
| ADN | DNA |
| asombroso | amazing, astounding |
| avance científico | scientific breakthrough |
| bioética | bioethics |
| derecho | right |
| descubrimiento | discovery |
| manipulación genética | genetic modification |
| oponerse | to oppose |
| polémica | polemic; heated debate |
| prohibir | to prohibit |
| (no) ser ético | to be (not) ethical |
| animar | to cheer up |
| arrebatar | to snatch |
| amargura | bitterness |
| aspecto | appearance |
| cicatriz | scar |
| descuidado | careless |
| dilatar | to prolong |
| disiparse | to clear |
| hendido | cleft, split |
| insólito | unusual |
| lentitud | slowness |
| moribundo | dying |
| presagio | omen |
| relámpago | lightening |
| temer | to fear |
| tormenta | storm |
| venganza | revenge |
| anunciar | to foreshadow |
| aparición | apparition |
| asustarse | to become frightened |
| inmortal | immortal |
| miedo | fear |
| sangre | blood |
| podrido | fed up |
| ratón | rat, mouse |
| aplastar | to squash |
| aterrizar | to land |
| cueva | cave |
| deshabitado | uninhabited |
| escoba | broom |
| linterna | flashlight |
| matar | to kill |
| nada | nothing |
| pasadizo | passage |
| recogedor | dustpan |
| viñeta | vignette |