Vocabulary

• good samaritan: A person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy to someone in trouble.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• moral obligation: A duty based on moral principles and values.
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• have to: Must do
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• put aside: To save money regularly.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• prominent: Being important or well known
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• resentment: Feeling of anger because of unfair treatment
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• virtue: Benefit, advantage, or good result of something
• ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• philosophical: Reacting calmly/reasonably if things are difficult
• person: Man, woman or child
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• part: Division of a book
• priest: Person who can perform ceremonies in a religion
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• racial: Of or relating to race
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• dame: Title of respect given to a woman
• parable: Short story, usually with a moral lesson
• vex: To make someone feel annoyed or worried
• samaritan: Person who is generous in helping those in trouble