Vocabulary

• polka dot: A pattern consisting of round dots.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• certain to: Sure to happen; inevitable.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• have to: Must do
• set apart: To distinguish someone or something as special or different.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• poverty: State of being poor
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• cautious: Careful about avoiding danger, problems
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• quirky: Odd or unusual; strange
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• confusion: Not knowing what to do; state of disorder
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• unpleasant: Causing a bad feeling in people
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• great: Very good; better than before
• trustworthy: Honest and reliable
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• delightful: Greatly pleasing or entertaining
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• tenacious: Not giving up easily
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• noun: The subject or object of a sentence
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• happen: To take place or occur
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• carefree: Without cares or responsibilities
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• oblivious: Being unaware of someone or something
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• snazzy: Flashily stylish; cheap and gaudy in appearance
• polka: Couples' dance with steps and a hop in fast time