Vocabulary

• in so many words: Expressing something clearly and directly.
• get together: To gather, or come together for some purpose
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• enthusiasm: Hobby or interest that you are passionate about
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• express: To send something by fast mail
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• generous: Giving or ready to give freely
• excitement: When people feel very happy and enthusiastic
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• couple: To join something to something else
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• sentimental: Displaying emotions too easily or strongly
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• canal: Channel cut through land for boats or ships
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• gruesome: Showing horrible scenes, e.g. showing blood
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• 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
• calamity: An event that causes great harm or distress
• novelist: Author who writes novels
• hilariously: In a very amusing or funny manner