Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• in the scene: Present at the location where something is happening or has happened.
• at peace with: Feeling calm and content about something, especially after a period of worry or difficulty.
• chief among them: Most importantly; the most significant of a group.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• spike: The top point in a graph
• cruise: To easily achieve
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• performance: Act of doing something
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• haunt: To remain in the mind causing worry, sadness, pain
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• rebellion: Act of conflicting with someone in authority
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• shuffle: To change the order of items/people in a group
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• criterion: Standard used to make judgments or decisions
• monstrous: Abnormally large or bad
• evocative: Bringing to mind thoughts, feelings, or memories
• heroin: A highly addictive drug, a derivative of morphine
• buffalo: Wild animal with horns similar to a large cow
• resonant: Strong and deep in tone
• lynch: (Of a mob) to illegally put to death by hanging