Vocabulary

• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• neat: That you approve of; cool
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• sneak: To move around in a way so no one will see you
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• shrink: To become smaller
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• blast: To attack someone with words
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• assault: To attack someone physically or emotionally
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• pity: Feeling very sorry for someone, e.g. in trouble
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• row: To move a boat using oars
• sharp: Person's name
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• pilot: To conduct a small practice experiment
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• gig: Show; performance; job for a musician or performer
• warehouse: Large building for storing goods, e.g. grain
• vow: Very serious promise
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• mob: A secret criminal organization
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• sheriff: Officer who enforces the law in an area
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• bum: (Slang) the part of the body on which you sit
• underwear: Clothes worn next to skin/under outer clothes
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• honorary: (Of a title) give as a reward, without real duties
• enter: To start a career or an education
• sport: Something that is done for fun, e.g. football
• swim: To move through water by moving parts of the body
• poker: Fire iron used to stir a fire
• newspaper: Sheets of paper (or online) containing the news
• carter: (Old fashioned) a person who drives a cart