Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• pick on: To tease or bully someone
• good person: A morally upright and kind individual.
• over the edge: In a state of emotional or mental breakdown; beyond the limits of what one can handle.
• going on: To continue doing something
• lose control: To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• join in
• due to: Because of; owing to
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• lead to: To result in some action
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• must learn: Expressing a strong obligation or necessity to acquire knowledge or a skill.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• walk away: To leave a situation, especially a difficult or unpleasant one.
• Easier said than done: More difficult than it appears to be.
• weird: Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
• mental: Concerning the mind
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• associate: Partner in professional work, e.g. in law
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• shift: To change in position or direction
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• instantly: In a manner without delay; immediately
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• act: To behave in a certain way
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• person: Man, woman or child
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• compass: Device that shows the direction of north
• porn: Short for pornography
• resentful: Angry at unfair treatment
• stray: To deviate or go away from the established norm
• conform: To agree or be compatible with something else
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• bipolar: (Disorder) exhibiting extremes of behavior
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• formative: Having a long-term effect; giving form or shape
• wartime: Period of time when there is armed conflict