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Science Fiction Vocabulary

1. Expendable (adj) easily replaced
2. Undulate (v) to form or move in waves
3. Finicky (adj) extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
4. Jaunt (n) A short excursion or journey for pleasure.
5. Veldt (n) a grassland especially of southern Africa usually with scattered shrubs or trees
6. Emanate (v) to come out or originate from a source
7. Fundamental (adj) – serving as an original source; of or relating to essential structure
8. Dissipate (v) to break up or drive off; to scatter
9. Insoluble (adj) having no solution or explanation
10. Hyperspace (n) a fictional shortcut from one part of the universe to another.
11. Mutant (n) a being that results from a genetic change
12. Android (n) artificial being that resembles a human
13. Telepathy (n) communication from one mind to another
14. Telekinesis (n) the ability to move things with one’s mind
15. Foreboding (adj) signaling bad things to come
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