Vocabulary

• push out: To prevent others from competing, e.g. in business
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• on to: Toward something; forward
• better understanding: An improved level of comprehension or knowledge.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• initial: First letter of your given name
• pile: Large amount of something
• fart: To break wind; to emit gas from the anus
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• pale: Light in color; unhealthy looking
• pinch: A very small amount of something
• fad: Something popular for a short time
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• peel: Outer covering, or skin, of a piece of fruit
• flush: Feeling that comes suddenly
• important: Having power or authority
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• faint: To suddenly become unconscious and fall down
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• throat: Part of the neck that is below the chin
• plight: Difficult situation
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• great: Very good; better than before
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• pat: Person's name
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• fence: Wood, metal structure enclosing an area, land
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• plaque: Sign on building as a reminder of an event/person
• vibration: Shaking motion
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• pill: Person who is difficult to deal with
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• flop: To fall heavily, usually in a relaxed manner
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• fend: To try to manage for yourself without assistance
• flea: Small blood-sucking insect that makes you itch
• plush: Being fancy and expensive; luxurious
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• funk: Feeling of fear; sadness
• move: To cause someone to have certain emotions
• plume: Bird's feather, especially when colorful
• prose: Writing that is not a poem
• punk: Violent or criminal young man
• purr: To make a soft, pleasing humming noise like a cat
• pang: Sudden and strong sense of pain or hunger
• fin: Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
• plank: Long, thick board used when building something
• flank: Middle area on the side of an animal
• perm: Hair treatment that makes the hair curly
• pelt: To hit repeatedly (e.g. with snowballs)
• flack: Slick press agent who spins a story to advantage