Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• have to: Must do
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• at length: In detail; fully
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• deal with
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• between ourselves: Said when sharing something confidentially or privately.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• extreme: Very great in degree
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• vigilant: Being watchful; careful to monitor events
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• accomplishment: Something you succeed in after hard work
• ostensibly: Apparently true or real, but probably not
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• instinctively: Through intuition, not thought
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• formulate: To make and develop a set of rules or ideas
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• fully: Completely or entirely
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• alien: Foreigner; a person not from this place
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• coherent: (Of language, ideas) logical and well-organized
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• mania: Mental illness marked by high energy or excitement
• relapse: Recurrence of bad symptoms after improvement
• sinful: (Acts that) break a religious law