Vocabulary

• for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• name: What something or someone is called
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• writer: Professional who writes books, articles etc.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• wildly: In an uncontrolled manner; very; strongly
• spelling: To lead to future trouble
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• worried: Feeling troubled or concerned
• hoping: To expect and want something to happen
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• call: A order or request for action
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• translated: To change something into a different state
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
• consider: To think carefully about something
• central: Being in the middle
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• successful: Having the desired effect or result
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• adjustment: Small change to attain a desired state or function
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• origin: Point at which something begins or is created
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• distinctly: Clearly; very
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• revolt: Protest against authority; fight to take control
• scholarly: Having to do with study and research
• programmable: Able to be written in computer code
• servitude: Slavery; compulsory labor imposed as a punishment
• toil: To do hard physical work for a long time
• figuratively: In a manner a metaphor; not literally
• automated: To use machines to do tasks instead of people
• enslave: To make someone live like a slave