Vocabulary

• wrestle with: To struggle to understand or make a difficult decision.
• shy away from: To avoid something because of nervousness or a lack of confidence.
• by god: An expression of surprise, shock, or emphasis.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• live out: To experience something, especially something that you have planned or hoped for.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in the process of: During the course of; while something is happening or being done.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• sharp: Person's name
• secular: Not connected or controlled by religious beliefs
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• invitation: When someone asks another to attend an event, etc.
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• person: Man, woman or child
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• deep: Complex and important
• discussion: Any long communication about a particular topic
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• shy: Afraid of meeting people; lacking self-confidence
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• bedrock: Fundamental idea underlying a concept
• unquote: To remove the quotation marks from