Vocabulary

• one step away: Very close to achieving something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• spy on: To secretly watch someone in order to gather information about them.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• notorious: Being famous or publicly known for something bad
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• dare: To challenge someone to do something that is risky
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• agent: Chemical with the power to make chemical reactions
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• century: Period of 100 years
• ceiling: Top part of a room above your head
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• deceive: To make someone believe something that is not true
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• host: Mass; a great number
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• feminine: Concerning or relating to females
• monument: Something built to remember an event or person
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• pharmacy: Shop where medicines are prepared and sold
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• lid: Cover that can be lifted or removed, as on bottles
• superstition: Unproven belief that some things are lucky/unlucky
• diplomat: Person representing their government overseas
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• priest: Person who can perform ceremonies in a religion
• cheat: To be unfaithful to (your wife, boyfriend etc.)
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• less: Smaller in amount or degree
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• thorn: Sharp point on the stem/branches of some plants
• special: Being additional or extra
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• pamphlet: Thin book that provides information about a topic
• knight: Chess piece in the shape of a horse's head
• memoir: Written collection of memories someone has
• casino: Establishment that hosts legalized gambling
• alchemist: Person seeking using chemicals to live longer
• blasphemous: Highly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
• seclude: To hide (yourself/another) away to be private
• bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers
• venetian: From Venice, Italy
• casanova: Man who tries to have sex with many women
• doge: Formerly the chief magistrate in Venice and Genoa