Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• go on: To continue doing something
• have to: Must do
• ask for it: To behave in a way that will cause trouble or punishment.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• yes and no: An ambivalent or uncertain answer; a response that is neither a clear affirmation nor a clear denial.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• irrelevant: Not important; not related to the topic
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• pervasive: Occurring or existing throughout all the parts
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• margin: Edge of an area
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• intuitively: In a manner based on feelings rather than facts
• important: Having power or authority
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• dimension: Number of planes (X, Y, Z axes) an object has
• point: An item to be discussed
• person: Man, woman or child
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• business: A company formed for making profit
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• datum: Item of factual information
• satisfactory: Good enough; acceptable
• multiplication: Increase in the number of something
• geometric: With regular mathematical patterns/straight lines
• numerical: Concerning or involving numbers
• analytic: Of the process of detailed reasoning
• rudder: Flat piece of wood or metal that steers ships
• nth: Last or greatest in an indefinitely large series