Digesting Mars & Long Sleeping In Space

rehydrate restore water (to the body)

restorative making you feel strong and healty

pending until, awaiting

treat apply a process to something to give it particular qualities

flare make/become wider

despot tyrant

lunar relating to the moon

coast move without using power

launch set in motion (send into space)

nutritionist expert on the science of food

accommodating helpful, easy to work with

steer young male cow raised for beef

derive get, obtain

jettison throw away

envision imagine

enrich make better by adding something

balk at refuse to do something

edible can be eaten

palatable pleasant to taste

constituent part, component

ominous indicating that something bad might happen

ill advised not sensible or wise

cache a (hidden) store of things

seal shut, close (up)

hull body, exterior (part)

crow say with pride or triumph

initially at first, in the beginning

jarring upsetting, disturbing

advent (of) arrival, coming into existence

metabolism chemical process in the body that makes food become energy

hypothermia a state in which body temperature has become dangerously low

tissue a group of cells in the body

replicate copy, reproduce

conclusive final, convincing

nutrient a substance that the body needs to live and grow

depression low activity

induce cause something to happen

novel new and original

dissect analyse in detail

circuit network, pathway

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