Vocabulary

• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• to taste: Add an ingredient according to your preference.
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• have to: Must do
• feel right: To seem correct or appropriate; to give a sense of being morally or ethically sound.
• poke around: To search or look for something, often in a casual or aimless way.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• recipe: Conditions likely to create a particular result
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• indigenous: Being naturally from an area, not somewhere else
• prevalent: Being common; occurring frequently
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• bitter: Feeling angry and sad over something
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• honestly: With truth or sincerity; I'm being honest with you
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• important: Having power or authority
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• ton: Unit of weight; 907 kilograms (US); 1016 (UK)
• luxurious: Being very comfortable, beautiful, and expensive
• taste: (Good) sense of style in clothes, art, or manners
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• inhabit: To live in a certain area or place
• stew: To cook meat or vegetables in hot water
• elevate: To make something higher
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• ash: Gray powder left after a fire
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• awkwardly: With a lack of smooth movement
• caustic: Able to burn or eat away by chemical action
• smoky: (Room) full of smoke
• hickory: American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts