Vocabulary

• stick around: To remain in place; not leave or go
• going on: To continue doing something
• on a trip: Traveling; away from home for a period of time.
• bring about: To cause to happen
• buckle up: To fasten one's seatbelt.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• wait on: To serve customers in a restaurant, shop, etc.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• creep into: To enter a place quietly and stealthily, often without permission.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• due to: Because of; owing to
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• red flag: A warning sign or signal of danger or a problem.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• on to: Toward something; forward
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• mental: Concerning the mind
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• symptom: Sign that suggests that there is a problem
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• insecure: Lacking confidence or certainty about yourself
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• jealous: Wishing you were like someone or had their things
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• polite: Showing good manners or respect for other people
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• seek: To ask someone for help
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• rude: Being unkind or impolite to others; disrespectful
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• insecurity: Lack of confidence or certainty about yourself
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• buckle: Metal attachment or hook on the end of a belt
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• inadequacy: Not enough; not good enough; not satisfactory
• point: An item to be discussed
• clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
• license: To give official permission to do something
• malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• puppet: Person or group that is controlled by another
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• overdue: Past the date you should do something
• toxicity: Quality or degree of being poisonous
• phd: Advanced university degree; Doctor of Philosophy