Vocabulary

• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• such as: For example; like
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• in question: Being doubted or disputed; under discussion.
• going on: To continue doing something
• grow into: To be able to wear clothes that were too big
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• anticipation: Pleasurable feeling about a future event
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• own: To have something as your property
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• screenplay: Movie script that includes movement and speech
• spectacularly: In a spectacular manner
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• clap: To make loud sounds by striking the hands together
• heroine: Woman of great courage/strength who saves others