Vocabulary

• look down on: To show you think others are not as good as you
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• shy away from: To avoid something because of nervousness or a lack of confidence.
• have to: Must do
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• due to: Because of; owing to
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• extreme: Very great in degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• affection: Feeling of liking someone or something
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• shallow: Not deep; short from top to bottom
• due: When something is required or expected
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• defense: Argument in support of something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• platonic: Purely spiritual; as friends only; not sexual
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• fend: To try to manage for yourself without assistance
• want: To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in