VP 3 Unit 1 Digesting Mars eng/eng alla ord

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• NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• desalinate remove salt from a liquid
• osmotic pressure pressure that needs to be applied in order to desalinate a liquid
• rehydrate restore water to
• distasteful unpleasant
• charcoal black substance made by burning wood
• restorative making you feel strong and healthy
• beverage drink
• unobjectionable inoffensive, agreeable
• osmosis process in which a liquid moves from one solution to another
• pending until, awaiting
• objectionable offensive, disagreeable
• treat apply a process to something in order to give it particular qualities
• flare make/become wider
• postapocalyptic after a worldwide catastrophy
• rig equipment
• weapons-grade suitable for making nuclear weapons
• megalomaniacal having a strong desire for power and control
• despot tyrant
• critter creature
• wingnut mad or crazy person
• cargo pants loose trousers with large pockets on the legs
• lavender light purple in colour
• crewcut very short hairstyle
• sprout produce, grow
• lunar relating to the moon
• downstream at a later stage in the process
• blast force something to move quickly and loudly in a certain direction
• lander spacecraft designed to land on a planet/the moon
• coast move without using power
• aerospace relating to aeroplanes and spacecraft; space
• fantastical strange, imaginative, unexpected
• be afoot start to happen, take place
• launch set in motion; send into space
• nutritionist expert on the science of food
• wondrous exciting, marvellous
• ranching running a ranch
• husbandry farming
• accommodating helpful, easy to work with
• manure waste matter from animals
• metabolism chemical processes which help the body to use food for energy and growth
• steer young male cow raised for beef
• derive get, obtain
• fabricate construct, produce
• jettison throw away
• envision imagine
• casing covering, case
• casting shaped object
• egg albumin water-soluble protein found in egg white
• shred cut/tear into thin strips
• wood pulp substance used to make paper
• enrich make better by adding something
• palatability how pleasant something tastes
• regime programme
• victuals dated food
• balk at refuse to do something
• USDA United States Department of Agriculture
• keratin protein found in hair, nails, feathers etc.
• muse say thoughtfully
• hydrolysis chemical reaction in which one substance reacts with water to produce another
• edible can be eaten
• palatable pleasant to taste
• constituent part, component
• hydrolyze break down by chemical reaction with water (hydrolysis)
• amino acid one of the substances in the body that combine to make proteins
• feces solid waste from the body
• ominous indicating that something bad might happen
• Martian relating to Mars
• carbon chemical element found in coal, oil and all living things
• patty flat, round piece of minced food
• whereupon after which
• in attendance formal present
• brand type
• ill advised not sensible or wise
• deposit place, leave
• cache a hidden store of things
• cosmonaut Russian astronaut
• by-product something that is produced as a result of making something else
• seal shut, close
• tile flat square piece
• shielding protection
• hydrocarbon chemical substance made of hydrogen and carbon
• hull body, exterior part
• crow say with pride or triumph
• batch an amount of something
• Orange County a county in California
• justification explanation, excuse
• unlace undo
• accomplish achieve, do
• initially at first, in the beginning
• jarring upsetting, disturbing
• stitch sew, attach/join by sewing
• reckoning opinion, judgement
• pantry storeroom
• paradigm model
• sustainability employment of methods that do not harm the environment
• parrot repeat someone else’s words without thought
• spawn create, cause
• defer to agree with, give way to
• occasion event, time at which something happens
• frivolity unnecessary things, silliness
• conglomerate large corporation
• hunk a large amount
• plow move steadily forward
• descent downward movement
• train point, aim
• propulsion force that pushes something forward
• standing-room space only for people to stand
• thruster small rocket engine
• hardware computer equipment
• contingency software computer program(s) used to deal with possible future problems
• touchdown landing
• crooked not straight
• be choked up be overcome with emotion
• anime type of Japanese animated film
• petition ask someone in authority to do something using a petition (=document signed by many people)
• resort place where people go on holiday
• rim curved outer edge
• gravity force that makes things move towards each other or fall to the ground
• M.D . Doctor of Medicine (someone with a high-level degree in medicine)
• dissect cut open, cut up
• tendon tissue in the body that attaches a muscle to a bone
• gland organ in the body that produces a chemical substance needed by the body
• awe wonder, admiration
• ineffably intensely, beyond words
• stirring producing strong (positive) emotion
• curator someone in charge of a museum, library etc.
• snag catch
• heft weight
• call cause, need
• divot piece of earth
• nobility honesty, courage and kindness
• zealotry formal excessive devotion to something, fanaticism
• mall shopping centre
• narcissism excessive interest in oneself, egotism
• backhanded indirect
• outlay spending
• prompt cause, encourage
• lofty proud, noble, honourable
• redlining refusing to help poor people financially
• squander spend wastefully

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