Vocabulary

• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• come between: To be the cause of a disagreement between people
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in answer to: As a response to something.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• have to: Must do
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• dread: To await with great fear
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• atmosphere: Air around us
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• curiosity: Something unusual and perhaps worthy of collecting
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• ostensibly: Apparently true or real, but probably not
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• subtly: In a way that is delicate or slight, but effective
• leave: To go away from; depart
• hesitate: To pause because unsure or reluctant to do
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• serene: Very calm or peaceful
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• accord: Agreement or harmony
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• temper: An angry mood or fit; temperament
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• harshly: In a severe, extreme, or not kind manner
• muster: To gather or call together (soldiers, etc.)
• unreasonable: Being too high, or otherwise inappropriate
• unreliable: Not able to be trusted or believed
• throttle: Device controlling the supply of fuel to an engine