Vocabulary

• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• in secret: Done or kept in a way that is not known or seen by others.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• take heart: To be encouraged; to feel braver or more hopeful
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• evolve: To develop certain features
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• gratitude: Warm friendly feelings of thanks
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• fertility: The state of a female being able to produce young
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• military: Army or armed forces
• afford: To make available, to provide
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• require: To demand that someone does something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• century: Period of 100 years
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• pagan: People who do not have a formal religion
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• valentine: The person you date on Valentine's Day
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar