| A | B |
|---|
| abducted | captured or kidnapped someone |
| accumulate | to gather |
| accused | a person charged with a crime |
| achievement | something somebody has succeeded in doing, usually by hard work |
| anticipation | expecting of looking forward to something |
| avalanche | a large amount of something that comes down suddenly |
| benefits | good things a person gets as a result of something else |
| blubbered | cried loudly |
| brawny | a person who has large, strong muscles |
| camcorder | a small camera that records moving images on videotape |
| cashier | the person you pay when you want to buy something in a store |
| cash register | a machine that businesses use to keep track of an hold money made from sales |
| checkbook | a small book that has forms for writing checks and a place to record how much you spend |
| clients | lawyer's customers |
| committed | someone did something against the law |
| complex | complicated or not simple |
| complex | a group of buildings that are linked togehter |
| compromise | a way of reaching an agreement in which each side gives something up |
| convict | to find someone guilty of a crime |
| cosmonauts | astronauts in the Soviet or Russian space program |
| co-worker | someone who works with another person, usually in the same kind of job |
| crucial | very important |
| defenant | a person against whom charges are filed |
| delved | you have dug into something |
| duplex | a house that has been divided into two separate units |
| eardrums | a thin piece of tissue in the ears that move back and forth when sound waves hit them |
| emphysema | a disease that makes breathing difficult because the tissue in the lungs is damaged |
| employee | someone who works for someone else |
| expandable | can be made larger |
| explosion | a sudden burst with a loud noise |
| exterminator | someone you pay to get rid of mice, roaches, and other pests in your home |
| facade | the front of a building |
| fathom | to understand it |
| feigned | pretended |
| gravitational | something that pulls other things toward it very strongly |
| grimacing | making an unhappy face |
| guardians | people who are allowed by law to care for a child |
| hesitantly | reluctantly or in an uncertain way |
| humanoid | having a human-like form or features |
| inadvertently | accidentally or without meaning to |
| jostled | bumped |
| jury | a group of people who make a decision in a court case |
| mankind | all human beings |
| mentor | someone who advises and helps another person |
| minimum wage | the least amount of money an employer can pay a person for an hour of work |
| modules | ssections or units of a larger thing |
| monitor | to watch carefully |
| mystifying | confusing or mysterious |
| overtake | catch up with and pass someone with whom you are racing |
| part-time | work or study that involves fewer hours than it would in a full schedule |
| phenomena | events or conditions that we can observe in the world around us |
| prosecuting lawyer | the lawyer who tries to prove a person is guilty of a crime |
| pyramid | a structure with a square base and four triangle-shaped sides that meet at a point at the top |
| recliner | an armchair that you can adjust to lean back |
| resided | lived in a certain place |
| retrieve | to get it back |
| saliva | spit or a mixture of fluids in the mouth |
| salvaged | means to have saved or rescued it |
| sarcastically | you usually mean the opposite of what you say |
| science fiction | imaginative stories that are set in the future, in outer space, on another planet, or that include scientific themes |
| significant | important |
| simulations | situations created by a computer so you can practice doing something that you will do later for real |
| socialization skills | abilities that help a person handle people and social situations |
| solar panel | a surface that changes sunlight into electricity |
| splattered | splashed with drops of water or other liquid |
| starvation | death from lack of food |
| technology | the science and study of tools and machines and their use |
| teens | people aged 13-19 |
| top-notch | excellent |
| trade school | where you go to learn a skill, such as how to fix cars |
| tried | put on trial in a court of law |
| trinket | a small toy or piece of jewelry that did not cost a lot of money |
| trustworthy | someone who can be trusted |
| unlimited | without limits or boundaries |
| urban | having to do with a city or city life |
| verdict | the decision of guilty or not guilty in a court case |
| video | what you see on a computer or television screen |
| virtual-reality | Images of locations or situations that appear on a screen. They seem to be real but they are actually created by a computer. |
| waterlogged | soaked or filled with water |
| weighed | to have considered it |
