Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• on the back of: As a result of or following something.
• in the know: Having secret or special information about something.
• for instance: As an example.
• followed up: To check information or facts later
• to order: To give an instruction or command.
• for the record: Said to ensure something is officially noted or remembered.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• instance: An example of something; case
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• dairy: Concerning or made from milk
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• frequently: Often; regularly
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• mandate: To order that something is done
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• prank: Trick performed to make people look foolish
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• century: Period of 100 years
• clueless: Totally uninformed about what is going on
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• harvest: Gathering crops from the fields; the crops
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• ignorant: Lacking knowledge, awareness or information
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• phony: Not genuine; fake
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• rookie: New to doing something; beginner
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• spaghetti: Italian pasta in long thin strands
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• pitcher: Person who throws the ball during a baseball game
• northern: In or toward the north
• harvesting: To gather ripe crops in from the fields
• whopper: Something big or impressive, e.g. a very big lie
• taco: Tortilla rolled cupped around a filling
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• existent: Still existing; real; actual
• dupe: To trick or deceive someone
• finch: Any of various songbirds with a thick beak