Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• have to: Must do
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• mnemonic device: A technique or strategy used to improve memory.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
• punctuation: Marks used in piece of writing, such as ? ; and !
• important: Having power or authority
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• usage: Amount something is used
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• conjunction: Combination of things or events
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• categorize: To distribute into classes or the same type
• photography: Art of taking pictures with a camera
• coupon: Piece of paper used in exchange for a discount
• comma: Mark showing a pause or list in a sentence