Vocabulary

• along with: In addition to; together with.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• digest: To convert food into energy in your stomach
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• fuss: Act of being excited in a complaining manner
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• act: To behave in a certain way
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• public: Owned by the government
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• stray: To deviate or go away from the established norm
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• galaxy: A group of stars and planets in space
• verse: Writing with words that rhyme or are rhythmic
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• speechless: Temporarily unable to speak, as through shock
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects
• robot: Machine able perform more tasks that people can
• misconduct: Bad or inappropriate behavior
• subdue: To quieten someone down
• ghost: To write a book on behalf of another person
• whoa: Tell someone to do something more slowly
• unbeatable: Excelling in a sport, etc.; hard to win against
• megaphone: Conical device held to mouth to make voice louder