Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• have to: Must do
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• literacy: Fact of having knowledge of a particular subject
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• rehabilitation: Helping criminals, etc. to return to normal life
• secular: Not connected or controlled by religious beliefs
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• psychiatric: Concerning the treatment of the mind
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• great: Very good; better than before
• business: A company formed for making profit
• ignorance: Lack of information or knowledge about something
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• bigotry: Intolerant and prejudiced acts
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• gospel: Book of the New Testament in Christian teaching
• atheist: Person who does not believe in a god or gods
• psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in
• facet: A part of something; aspect
• illiteracy: An inability to read
• psychiatry: Study and treatment of mental illness
• dyslexic: Concerning poor spelling or reading ability