Vocabulary

• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• to boot: In addition; as well; besides.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• pleasure: Feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• flirt: To behave playfully to arouse romantic interest
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• bother: To cause problems, concerns or worry for someone
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• assure: To confirm; state with certainty something is so
• assistant: Person who helps another, usually as a job
• person: Man, woman or child
• captain: Title of a senior officer in the military
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• metropolitan: Concerning a very large city
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• area: Amount of measured space
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• statistical: Concerning the math of data
• knot: Secure form of tying a rope, string etc.
• bark: To make the loud sound of a dog (when angry)
• purr: To make a soft, pleasing humming noise like a cat
• renew: To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
• populous: Having a large population
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress
• misread: To get the meaning of a text wrong
• tenor: Male with the natural highest adult singing voice
• tempo: Speed or pace of something