Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the canvas: Knocked down, especially in boxing or other fights.
• at a distance: Far away; not close.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• on the beach: Located on the sandy or pebbly area bordering a body of water.
• stand out
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• evolve: To develop certain features
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• decade: Period of 10 years
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• compatible: Able to get on or be used well together
• expectation: Belief or hope that something is going to happen
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• radically: Completely or extremely
• dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
• whip: To defeat thoroughly or easily
• leave: To go away from; depart
• canvas: Special cloth on which an artist paints a picture
• century: Period of 100 years
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• public: Owned by the government
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
• compose: To calm yourself after being angry or upset
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• instantaneous: Occurring with no delay at all
• famous: Excellent
• primal: Existing from the beginning of known time
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• autumn: The season when leaves fall off trees
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• website: Collection of webpages in one location
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• scarlet: Bright red color
• dynamite: Sticks of explosive triggered by a fuse
• understatement: Description undervaluing how important a thing is
• personalize: To make personal or more personal
• detonate: To trigger or start an explosion
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
• unlock: To use a key or code to open something
• salon: Place for hairdressing or beauty treatments
• fantastical: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• neo: A prefix meaning 'recent' or 'new'
• boldness: Ability to not be afraid of danger
• subjectivity: Judgment based on individual personal impressions