Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• to death: Extremely; to a great degree
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• hanging out: To spend time with your friends
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• featured on: To appear or be highlighted in a particular media outlet.
• in appearance: Judging by how someone or something looks.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• in packs: In groups or sets, especially of animals hunting or moving together.
• going on: To continue doing something
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• slightly: Only a little
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• account: An advantage
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• deviate: To do something unusual or different; depart from
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• utter: To make a particular sound; speak
• resemble: To be similar to in looks or manner
• organism: Living thing, often one that is small
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• whatsoever: Used to add emphasis to an idea being expressed
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• mythical: Based on beliefs unsupported by facts
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• circulate: To go round continuously
• historical: Connected with the past
• excrement: Waste matter discharged from the body; feces
• wield: To exercise (authority or influence, for example)
• amphibious: Operating or living on land and in water
• menace: Something that threatens or is dangerous
• monk: Man belonging to religious group that live simply
• overflow: (Liquid) to flow over the edge of something
• humanoid: Automaton that resembles a human being
• hilariously: In a very amusing or funny manner
• mythological: Based on or described in mythology
• salamander: Amphibian resembling a lizard
• unsettle: To upset; making someone feel uneasy