Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• hold onto: To grasp or grip something tightly.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• going on: To continue doing something
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• get to the bottom of: To find the true cause or explanation of something.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• option: A choice
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• conscience: Ability to sense what is right or wrong
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• point: An item to be discussed
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• ingenious: Very good at making things or solving problems
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• override: To make (rule or law) not be valid anymore
• punitive: Intended to punish; severe; harsh
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
• femur: Bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee