Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• bow to: To bend the head or body as a sign of respect or greeting.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• barely: Only just; just possible
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• admire: To feel respect or wonder toward someone
• afford: To make available, to provide
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• loyalty: Complete and sustained support for person, thing
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• forum: Meeting where people can openly discuss a subject
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• relevance: State of being related or appropriate to a topic
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• implication: Possible effects, results from an action or event
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• herd: Group of the same animal that eat, live together
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• terrace: Flat area next to a building to sit and relax
• defiant: Refusing to obey (rules, parent); resistant
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• cosmos: The universe
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• live: To be alive
• resolute: Firm in purpose or belief
• snug: Warm and comfortable; cozy, as in a small room
• marginal: Very small; on the edge; not important
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects
• carol: Traditional song sung at Christmas
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• nighttime: Time after sunset and before sunrise