Vocabulary

• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• contend with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• fill in: To put earth in e.g. a hole
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• consider: To think carefully about something
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• counteract: To reduce the impact doing something opposite
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• century: Period of 100 years
• provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
• modify: To make minor change to something
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• fill: To make something full
• conservation: Protecting the environment or a species
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• dynasty: Family that controls a country for a long time
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• visually: With respect to vision
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• crotch: Area between your legs where they join your body
• curator: Person who is in charge of objects for exhibition
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• amputation: Cutting off of one or more limbs (by a doctor)
• varnish: Liquid preparation that adds luster to furniture
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• grime: Thick dirt or black dust, e.g. from pollution