Vocabulary

• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• on the basis of: Because of; using as a reason or justification.
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• want in: To desire to participate or be included in something.
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• have a go: To attempt or try something.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• crave: To have a very strong desire for something
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• indulge: To let someone else have or do what they want
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• furious: Extremely angry
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• rebellious: Wanting to do things your way; resisting authority
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• toddler: Young child learning to walk
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• naughty: Behaving badly, e.g. so as to annoy adults
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• vent: To express anger or grievance loudly/with feeling
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• adore: To love very much; to give honor to
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• pastor: Minister in charge of a Christian church or group
• catapult: Weapon that projects rocks from an elastic strap
• pseudo: Not genuine but having the appearance of
• commune: To communicate with, in a deep or spiritual way
• bawl: To cry loudly, and without restraint