Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• social stigma: Disapproval or discrimination against a person based on social characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society.
• in every way: In all manners or respects; completely.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• spike: The top point in a graph
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• caution: Quality of being cautious; avoiding risk, danger
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• suite: Group of several shorter pieces of music
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• ace: Highest value card in a game of cards
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• limitation: Act of controlling or reducing the size of
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• superhuman: Above or beyond human power or endurance