Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• such as: For example; like
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• play games: To participate in activities for enjoyment or recreation, often involving rules and competition.
• bad habits: Negative or harmful routines or behaviors that are difficult to stop.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• In the event of: If something happens, especially something undesirable
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• check out
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• conduct: Your behavior
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• recite: To speak aloud a passage from memory
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• important: Having power or authority
• mingle: To mix or come into contact, as people at a party
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• virtuous: Having moral goodness
• adulthood: Time of life when a person is fully grown
• warrant: Official authorization for some action or decision
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• pillar: Tall strong post that supports a building
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• cradle: Small bed for a baby, with rockers and sides
• hypocrite: One who decries a thing while doing it themselves
• intellect: Ability to think with reason and intelligence
• bystander: Someone who happens to see an event
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'