Important (Read me first!)
This post is a commentary and does not contain any copyrighted material of the reference source.
We strongly recommend accessing/buying the reference source at the same time.
Reference Source
You can understand each word more deeply by utilizing the following YouTube Posts and PDF files.
Also, see how to use Englist.me?
All Words (166 Words)
You can learn all the words from basic to advanced levels in the order they appear in the contents.
If you want learn all words quickly, you can use Quick Look Video.
Quick Look
Podcast
YouTube Post
Vocabulary Builder
Advanced Words (40 Words)
If you are confident in your vocabulary, you may prefer to study with content that covers only advanced-level words.
YouTube Post
Vocabulary Builder
Word List
You can quickly review the words in this content from the list below.
Word | Meaning | Advanced |
---|---|---|
featureless | adj: lacking distinctive qualities, characteristics, or features; plain, unremarkable, or nondescript | |
disk | n: a flat, circular plate, typically made of metal, glass, or plastic, used for storing data or playing music | |
hover | v: to stay in one place in the air | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
ignore | v: to intentionally not listen or pay attention to | |
physics | n: the science of matter and energy and their interactions | |
skeptical | adj: doubting that something is accurate or useful | |
saucer | n: a small, shallow dish with a slightly raised edge or rim used for holding a cup or as a decorative object; a flying object that is often associated with UFO sightings | |
sight | n: the ability to see; anything that is seen | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
alien | n: a person who comes from a different country, race, or group; a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere | |
spacecraft | n: a vehicle designed to travel through space, typically carrying astronauts or scientific instruments | |
misinterpret | v: to understand or explain something in the wrong way | |
flit | v: to move quickly and lightly from place to place, often without purpose or direction; to flutter or dart quickly, like a bird or insect | |
cosmos | n: another name for the universe, mainly used when it is thought of as an ordered system | |
puzzle | n: a situation that is difficult to follow or solve; a game, problem, or toy that tests a person’s ingenuity or knowledge; (verb) to cause someone to feel confused because of something difficult to understand | |
discuss | v: to talk about or examine in detail through conversation or debate; to exchange ideas, opinions, or information on a particular topic | |
discipline | n: the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using and punishments if these are broken; a region of activity, knowledge, or influence | |
consensus | n: general agreement or accord in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole | |
frank | adj: honest and sincere; open and candid in expression | |
observation | n: the act or activity of carefully examining or monitoring something or someone | |
puzzling | adj: confusing or difficult to understand; mysterious | |
universe | n: everything that exists, especially all physical matter, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
midnight | n: the middle point of the night, usually defined as 12:00 AM or the start of a new day | |
extraterrestrial | adj: relating to or existing outside of the Earth’s atmosphere or planetary boundaries; pertaining to beings or phenomena that originate from beyond the Earth | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
technological | adj: based on scientific and industrial progress | |
wormhole | n: a hypothetical tunnel or passage through space and time, permitting quicker travel across vast distances than would normally be possible | |
warp | v: to twist or bend out of shape, especially as a result of being heated; to distort or twist the meaning or sense of something | |
extrapolation | n: the act of estimating or inferring something based on known information or data, often beyond the range of the available information or data; a projection or projection of trends or patterns into the future | |
celebrate | v: to acknowledge a memorable or good day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity | |
replicate | v: to make an exact copy of something; to repeat a process or experiment to confirm the results | |
probe | n: a tool used for testing or examining, especially for medical or scientific purposes, or an exploratory mission to a planet or other celestial body; (verb) to investigate, examine, or search into something | |
planet | n: any of the nine large celestial bodies that circle in the solar system; any celestial body that revolves around a star | |
galaxy | n: an independent group of stars, interstellar gas, dark matter, etc., in the universe, bound together by gravity | |
launch | v: to send or propel something into the air or space using a device such as a rocket, missile, or spacecraft; to make something available or on sale for the first time | |
colon | n: the punctuation mark ( : ) used to introduce a list, summary, explanation, etc., or before reporting what someone has said; a significant part of the large intestine, the final section of the digestive system | |
intergalactic | adj: existing or occurring between different galaxies (= an independent group of stars) | |
colonize | v: to establish a colony in or on a specific place; to settle or occupy in large numbers | |
far-fetched | adj: (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be very difficult to believe | |
engage | v: to attract and keep someone’s attention and interest; to participate in or obtain services of something | |
recognizable | adj: easy to become aware of or identify | |
capture | v: to catch a person or an animal and confine them in an area which they cannot escape | |
sunlight | n: the light emitted by the sun; the rays of the sun | |
collaborate | v: to work with someone else to produce or achieve something | |
trillion | n: the number 1,000,000,000,000; a million million | |
frame | n: a strong border or structure of the wood, metal, etc. that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or window | |
barrier | n: a fence or other obstruction that makes it hard to move or get in; any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective | |
communicate | v: to share or exchange information with others by speaking, writing, moving your body, or using other signals | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
habitable | adj: able to be lived in, suitable or fit for living in, providing sufficient conditions for survival and well-being | |
terrestrial | adj: of or relating to the Earth; relating to or inhabiting the land or the ground as opposed to the sea or air | |
zone | n: a specific area, region, or section that is marked off or defined in some way | |
liquid | n: a substance, such as water or oil that flows freely and is neither a solid nor a gas | |
astronomer | n: a physicist who studies astronomy | |
confirm | v: to support or establish the truth or certainty of something previously believed or suspected to be the case | |
breakthrough | n: a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem | |
fry | v: to cook food, especially meat or fish, in hot fat or oil | |
amino | n: compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair (NH2) that combine to make protein | |
acid | n: sour; water-soluble chemicals with a sour flavor; any of a variety of generally liquid compounds capable of reacting with and occasionally dissolving other materials | |
comet | n: a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust that goes around the sun | |
complexity | n: the state or quality of being complicated or intricate and difficult to understand | |
organic | adj: of or derived from biological substance; producing plants and animals for food and other items without the use of synthetic chemicals | |
molecule | n: a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds | |
interstellar | adj: relating to or located in the space between stars | |
exoplanet | n: a planet that orbits a star outside of the solar system | |
ingredient | n: one of the things used to make something, especially one of the foods used to make a particular dish | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
presumably | adv: believed to be true or likely based on the available evidence, or supposed to be the case without definite proof | |
intelligence | n: the ability to learn, comprehend, or make judgments or conclusions based on reasons | |
cooperate | v: to work together with one or more people or organizations to achieve a goal | |
octopus | n: a sea creature with a soft round body and eight long tentacles (= long parts like arms) | |
captivity | n: the situation in which a person or animal is kept in prison or a space that they cannot escape from | |
recognize | v: to acknowledge or realize something or someone; to identify, remember, or become aware of something that was previously known or encountered | |
raven | n: a large, glossy black bird that is a species of a crow; a person with jet-black hair, sometimes used as an adjective to describe such hair | |
creature | n: a living being, especially an animal | |
contemplate | v: to think about a possible future action or to think about something for a long time thoughtfully | |
implement | v: to put a decision, plan, or system into effect | |
evolution | n: a gradual process of transformation of living things | |
engineer | n: a person whose job is designing, building, or maintaining something such as machines, structures, or software | |
distance | n: the amount of space between two points, measured in units such as miles, meters, or kilometers; the extent, scope, or range between two things, such as distance or emotional distance | |
encounter | v: to face something, particularly something unpleasant or difficult, while attempting to do something else; to meet, especially unexpectedly | |
hostile | adj: unfriendly or aggressively opposed | |
silent | adj: without any or little sound | |
mathematics | n: the science dealing with the logic of quantities, shapes, spaces, and arrangement | |
typical | adj: having the usual characteristics or traits of a specific group of things | |
conclude | v: to come to an end or close; to reach a judgment or opinion by reasoning | |
definition | n: a concise explanation of the meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol | |
infer | v: to form an opinion or conclude that something is true based on existing facts | |
cosmic | adj: relating to the universe or cosmos; vast or limitless | |
preserve | v: to keep or maintain a particular quality, feature, etc., especially to prevent it from decaying, being damaged, or being destroyed | |
simulate | v: to make a pretense of someone’s behavior or looks; to reproduce something that exists in real life using computers, models, etc., usually for study or training purposes | |
rev | n: a measure of the rate at which an engine or motor rotates, often expressed in revolutions per minute (RPM); (verb) to increase the number of rotations per minute | |
colleague | n: one of a group of a coworker, especially in a profession or a business | |
argue | v: to express differing opinions or points of view, often in a heated or contentious manner; to present a case or reasoning to persuade or convince others | |
vast | adj: enormous in size, number, amount, or quantity | |
doubt | n: a feeling of being uncertain about something, especially about how good or accurate it is | |
obvious | adj: easy to see, discover or understand | |
plausible | adj: seeming reasonable or likely to be true, and therefore convincing | |
context | n: the circumstances, facts, or conditions that surround a particular event, situation, or statement and that give it meaning | |
peter | v: to fail or lose power, efficiency, or value gradually before coming to an end | |
ward | n: a room in a hospital for patients requiring special care | |
Don | n: a Spanish gentleman; a university lecturer, especially a senior member of a college at Oxford or Cambridge | |
propose | v: to make a proposal, declare a plan for something | |
estimate | v: to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something | |
geophysical | adj: relating to the physical characteristics and processes of the Earth and its surrounding atmospheres, such as geology, meteorology, and oceanography | |
simplify | v: to make something more straightforward, more understandable, or easier to do | |
sophisticated | adj: having a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of people’s behavior, culture, and fashion | |
argument | n: a set of statements or reasons used to support or refute a proposition or theory; a verbal or physical fight or dispute | |
inhabitant | n: a person or an animal that lives in a particular place | |
clement | adj: mild, merciful, or forgiving in temperament or actions; lenient | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
stability | n: the quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast | |
astronomical | adj: relating to astronomy or the study of celestial bodies and phenomena; very large or immense in scale or magnitude | |
influence | n: the ability to affect someone’s or something’s character, growth, or behavior, or the effect itself | |
hint | n: an indirect suggestion; a slight but appreciable amount of something | |
prevailing | adj: most frequent, widespread, or currently dominant, usually referring to a particular opinion, attitude, or trend | |
mar | v: to damage or spoil the appearance or surface of something | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
permit | v: to allow for something to happen or be done; (noun) the act of giving a formal, usually written, authorization | |
stable | adj: firm and steady; not easily moved, disturbed, or changed | |
axis | n: a real or imaginary straight line through a body or figure around which the object turns; a group of countries in special alliance | |
tilt | v: to incline or bend from a vertical position; (noun) the act of inclining or the state of being inclined or leaning to one side | |
rotation | n: the action or process of moving in a circle around an axis or center | |
moderate | adj: being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme | |
spin | v: to cause something to rotate rapidly; to cause someone to feel dizzy or disoriented | |
wander | v: to walk around slowly or to a place, often without any clear purpose or direction | |
chaotic | adj: without any order or organization; extremely disorganized, unpredictable, and confusing | |
episode | n: a happening or story that is distinctive in a series of related events; an abrupt short period during which someone suffers from the effects of a physical or mental illness | |
instance | n: a particular example or single occurrence of something | |
unlikely | adj: not probable or likely to happen | |
multicellular | adj: characterized by the presence of multiple or many cells, as opposed to unicellular (having only one cell) | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
structure | n: the way of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts, or a complex thing constructed of many parts | |
opportune | adj: suitable or happening at a time that is suitable or convenient for a particular purpose | |
settle | v: to reach an agreement of disagreement | |
purity | n: the state of being undiluted or unmixed with anything else; the state of being free from immorality, especially of a sexual nature | |
illustration | n: a picture or diagram in a book, magazine, or newspaper that is used to explain or decorate the text; the act or process of explaining something | |
suppose | v: to think that something is likely to be actual or possible | |
navigate | v: to plan and direct the way that a ship, plane, etc. will travel, often by using a map | |
benign | adj: kind and gentle; not harmful or malicious | |
eon | n: (also aeon) an indefinite long period of time; the longest division of geological time scale | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
abstract | adj: based on general ideas, feelings, or qualities and not on any a physical or concrete existence | |
concept | n: an idea or principle associated with something abstract | |
grammar | n: the set of structural constraints on speakers’ or writers’ composition of clauses, phrases, and words | |
disaster | n: an unexpected event or series of events that cause widespread damage, destruction, or loss of life | |
inflict | v: to cause harm, injury, or suffering to someone or something | |
blast | n: explosion, or a strong current of air, usually caused by an explosion; a sudden, thunderous noise | |
flare | v: to burn brightly with a sudden, intense burst of flame or light; (noun) a sudden and brief burst of bright flame or light; a sudden and intense burst of radiation from the Sun’s surface | |
visible | adj: capable of being seen; or open to easy view | |
terror | n: intense fear; a state of intense fear or alarm | |
opposition | n: the act of disagreeing or resisting; the state of strong disagreement | |
trek | n: a long and difficult journey, typically on foot | |
forbidden | adj: not permitted or allowed by rules or laws | |
slightly | adv: in a small degree or extent; a little | |
wistful | adj: expressing a feeling of vague, sad, or inconsolable longing | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result | |
destiny | n: the events that will inevitably happen to a particular person or thing in the future | |
appreciate | v: to value and acknowledge the worth of someone or something; to be grateful for something or someone | |
fortunate | adj: having good luck or lucky | |
survive | v: to live or exist despite a dangerous event or period | |
amazing | adj: extremely surprising, especially in a way that you like or admire |