Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• latch onto: To understand something, often after a period of confusion.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• interact with
• going on: To continue doing something
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• such as: For example; like
• come about: To turn a boat around; (of boat) to turn around
• have to: Must do
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• address: Exact street location of a place
• obsessive: Characterized by or constituting an obsession
• superficial: On the surface only; not deep
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• anonymous: Unknown; with no name revealed
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• sober: Not drunk
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• void: Empty feeling because nothing interests you
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• important: Having power or authority
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• latch: To tightly attach yourself to something
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• overly: To a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• fill: To make something full
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• quit: To leave a job
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• morphine: Alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium