Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• picking out: To choose or select one item from many
• have to: Must do
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• read: Person's name
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• picture: General situation or state of being
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• page: Person's name
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• test: To be given a medical examination
• small: Little in size; not big
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• memorize: To study something so that you remember it
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• picking: To take fruit or vegetables from a plant or tree
• sell: To exchange something for money
• memory: Ability of the mind to call back past things
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• slowly: In an unhurried or not speedy manner
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• meaning: To express a particular idea or thought
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
• aloud: In a way that can be heard; not said to yourself
• select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• habit: Loose clothing like a cloak, worn by monks, nuns
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• speed: How fast or slow something is or is done
• material: Cloth; fabric
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• highlight: Best or most interesting part of something
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• mentally: With or in the mind and thoughts
• newly: Very recently; just done or made
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• motivation: Reason behind why someone did something
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• deepen: To become louder, lower or greater in degree
• simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• grasp: Person's control over something
• assignment: Task you are given to do (as in the armed forces)
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• gathering: To bring objects together into one place
• snapping: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• retention: Act of holding something inside the body
• succinct: Said in a clear and short way
• paraphrase: Summary of another person's words