Vocabulary

• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• in knots: Very tense or anxious inside; emotionally twisted.
• have to: Must do
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• tense up: To become nervous or anxious; to tighten one's muscles due to stress or fear.
• at hand: Close by; readily available.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• feed off: To eat a particular food, especially one that is only available in small quantities.
• go on: To continue doing something
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• well spoken: Speaking in a clear and effective way.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• digestion: Process of changing eaten food for use in the body
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• charismatic: Able to attract and make them like you
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• civilization: A highly developed society
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• gland: Organ that produces substances for the body to use
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• public: Owned by the government
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• podium: Small raised area you stand on to give a speech
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• hypothalamus: Basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fret: To worry about something in a nervous way
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• familiarity: Manner of talking or behaving
• pituitary: Concerning the pituitary gland
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• secrete: To hide something so it will not be seen or found
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• autopilot: (For ships, planes) automatic navigational device
• jungle: Tropical area with many wild plants and animals
• monster: Large frightening imaginary creature
• civilize: To teach people how to behave properly