Vocabulary

• mental: Concerning the mind
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• temptation: Something making you want to do/have bad thing
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• sane: showing good judgment and understanding
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• destiny: Someone's future; the power that governs this
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• irritate: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fully: Completely or entirely
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• mythology: Myths of a particular culture or group of people
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• weak: Not having a strong character
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• wrought: Being carefully made into a particular form/shape
• mast: Tall upright post supporting the sails of a boat
• shoreline: Boundary line between land and water
• beeswax: Yellow wax made by honeybees to build honeycombs