Vocabulary

• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• lead to: To result in some action
• such as: For example; like
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• behind closed doors: In private; secretly or confidentially.
• seek help: To ask for or try to get assistance or support.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• good person: A morally upright and kind individual.
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• mental: Concerning the mind
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• extreme: Very great in degree
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• condone: To allow bad behavior, by seeming to ignore it
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• proxy: Person authorized to act for another
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• wheelchair: Movable chair mounted on large wheels
• pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
• gypsy: Itinerant person; wanderer