Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• have to: Must do
• on a mission: Having a clear and important goal or purpose.
• got the idea: Understood something.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• set up
• deal with
• going on: To continue doing something
• go on: To continue doing something
• perceptions of: Ideas, beliefs, or images you have as a result of how you see or understand something.
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• obstacle: Object that blocks a path or course
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• valuable: Being useful or important
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• mentor: Experienced or wise person who advises others
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• apologize: To say sorry because of a mistake or injury
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• rollercoaster: Amusement passenger ride that rises and falls
• excruciating: (Of pain) extremely bad
• tank: Container for holding liquid or gas
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• lag: Delay between two events
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• misogyny: Hatred of women
• shark: Person who lends money at unfair rates of interest
• archer: Person who shoots arrows from a bow
• urn: Vase of varying size and shape