Vocabulary

• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
• savvy: Wise; Not easily fooled; Street smart
• validate: To show to be officially correct or allowable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
• important: Having power or authority
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• calculate: To find an answer using mathematics
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• lateral: On the side; moving sideways
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• blessing: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• online: Connected to the internet
• turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
• unchanged: Not made or become different