Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in terms of
• at least: As a minimum
• run a mile: To avoid someone or something completely.
• point in time: A specific moment or instance when something occurs or exists.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• tease out: To extract or obtain something with persistent effort, especially information.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• rattle off: To say something quickly and without much thought or hesitation.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• plug in
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• one up: In a better or more advantageous position.
• walk with: To accompany someone while walking.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• kick ass: To decisively defeat someone
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• strength: Condition of being strong
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• initially: At first; originally
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• couple: To join something to something else
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• gender: State of being male or female
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• supplement: Added extra to support or make something complete
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• squat: To illegally live on anothers property or land
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• fully: Completely or entirely
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• great: Very good; better than before
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• ass: (Impolite) part of the human body that you sit on
• marginal: Very small; on the edge; not important
• datum: Item of factual information
• peeve: To cause to be annoyed, angry or irritated
• carnivore: Any creature that consumes meat
• quad: Four-sided enclosure surrounded by buildings
• percentile: A range of scores allotted to parts of one hundred