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science
Life Upper Intermediate Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| commercial | related to selling and buying things |
| adjust | make a change in something to make it better |
| biofuel | Fuel from organic sources |
| bomb | a weapon that explodes and causes damage |
| boost | to improve or increase something |
| colony | a country or area controlled politically by a more powerful country that is often far away |
| committee | a group of people who meet together to discuss a topic |
| consume | to use fuel, energy, or time, especially in large amounts |
| density | the number of people or things in a place when compared with the size of the place |
| disappointed | unhappy about the way something turned out |
| economist | a person who studies or has a special knowledge of economics |
| expectancy | a feeling that something is about to happen |
| famine | a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people causing illness and death |
| fee | an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service |
| hopeful | having hope |
| lazy | not willing to work or do any activity that needs effort |
| mankind | the whole of the human race, including both men and women |
| Nanotechnology | the science of making extremely small devices the size of atoms and molecules |
| optimism | Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something |
| Overpopulation | the fact of a country or city having too many people for the amount of food, materials, and space available there |
| sincere | without pretending; with honesty and real feeling |
| specific | particular and exact |
| starve | become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat |
| wartime | a period during which a war is taking place |
| absorb | to soak up or take in |
| ATM | usually in a wall outside of a bank, shop, etc. from which you can take money out of your bank account using a special card |
| augment | To increase in size, amount, or degree |
| enormously | extremely or very much |
| etch | to cut a pattern, picture, etc. into a smooth surface, especially on metal or glass, using acid or a sharp instrument |
| float | to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink |
| generate | to cause something to exist |
| inconspicuous | not easily seen; subtle; not noticeable |
| Interface | a connection between two pieces of electronic equipment or between a person and a computer |
| marine | related to the sea or sea transport |
| overload | to put too many things in or on something |
| project | to cause an image to be shown on a screen |
| reality | the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be |
| sophisticated | having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion |
| superimpose | to put or place one thing over something else, but what is in lower position can still be seen |
| transcript | an exact copy or reproduction |
| unfamiliar | not known to you |
| user-friendly | easy to use or understand |
| virtual | Something that is a representation, not the real physical object |
| deploy | to use something or someone, especially in an effective way |
| emission | an amount of gas, heat, light, etc. that is sent out |
| empower | to give power or authority to; to enable; to permit |
| fleet | a group of ships |
| harness | control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy. |
| industrialised | having developed a wide range of industries or having highly developed industries |
| intermidiate | between two other related things, levels or points. Bijv. 3 levels: low, intermediate, high |
| means | a method or way of doing something |
| philosophy | use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of moral judgement |
| purifier | a machine or a substance that removes harmful substances from something |
| relatively | quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect |
| reliant | dependent on something or someone to be able to do something |
| shell | to remove the hard outer covering of nuts and other foods |
| straw | the dried, yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used as food for animals or as a layer on the ground for animals to lie on |
| value | the amount something is worth |
| Ventilation | movement of fresh air around a closed space, or the system that does this |
| direction | the position towards which someone or something moves or faces |
| paste | thick soft sticky substance made by mixing a liquid with a powder, especially to make a type of glue |
| possibility | a chance that something may happen or be true |
| trouble | problems or difficulties |
| asylum | protection of safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war |
| blueprints | a drawing of a design plan |
| cockpit | the small closed space where pilots are on a plane |
| determine | to control or influence something directly, or to decide what will happen |
| firefighter | someone whose job is to stop fires burning |
| handheld | A object that has been designed so that it can be held and used easily with one or two hands |
| Imagery | use of words or pictures in books, films, paintings, etc. to describe ideas or situations |
| laborious | needing a lot of time and effort |
| motivation | enthusiasm for doing something |
| obscure | not known to many people |
| oriented | showing the direction in which something is aimed |
| overlay | to cover something with a layer of something |
| pedestrian | person who is walking, espacially in an area where vehicles go |
| prototype | first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product |
| tracking | the act or process of following something or someone |
| windscreen | something that gives you protection from the wind |
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