Vocabulary

• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• break from: To separate oneself from an association or way of life, typically due to disagreement or disillusionment.
• in all fairness: Considering all facts impartially and justly.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• peck at: To strike or pick at something with the beak.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• pathetic: Causing feelings of sadness, pity and sympathy
• realm: Area ruled by a king or queen
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• leftover: (Of food) that you didn't eat at a meal
• mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• silent: Without making any noise; soundless
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• fountain: Structure out of which a jet of water comes
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• electricity: Energy generated positive and negative charges
• covert: Hidden; secret
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• cinema: A place for showing movies
• soothe: To relieve something, like pain
• succession: Act of officially taking over someone's position
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• pigeon: Gray bird that is common in cities
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• enlighten: To cause someone to understand
• intimately: Privately and personally
• municipal: Concerning a city or town government
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• long: Person's name
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• newfound: Newly discovered
• grey: Color between black and white (also spelled gray)
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• outer: Far away
• oak: Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
• small: Little in size; not big
• flask: Narrow-necked drink container
• coalesce: To come to grow together as one mass