Vocabulary

• come from: To have as your native country or city
• spend money: To use money to buy or pay for something.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• such as: For example; like
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• check out
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• into perspective: To clarify or provide a broader understanding of a situation or issue.
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• a necessary evil: Something unpleasant that must be accepted in order to achieve a particular result.
• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in the neighborhood of: Approximately or about a certain amount or distance.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• rescue: To save someone who is in danger or in trouble
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• revolutionize: To completely change so that it is much better
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• business: A company formed for making profit
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• benchmark: Standard by which other similar things are judged
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• vampire: Bloodsucking dead person who bites neck of victim
• sentient: Having feelings and consciousness
• pepper: Green, red, or yellow vegetable with hollow center
• canyon: Deep rock valley usually with flowing water
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• spicy: Hot and strongly flavored in taste
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• duke: Title given to a man below the rank of prince
• jalapeno: Hot green or red pepper
• mullet: Type of marine warm water fish
• snowball: Ball of snow you throw at each other
• southwest: Location in the southwestern part of an area
• yah: Another way of saying 'yes'