Vocabulary

• of yours: Belonging to you; your possession or property.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• have to: Must do
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• neural: About the nerves or nervous system
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• switch: A change or shift from one method to another
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• flock: Group of animals or birds that live together
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• hell: Any place of pain and suffering
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• riddle: Amusing question that has a clever or funny answer
• land: Region or country
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• swarm: Large group of flying insects moving together
• fix: Answer to a problem
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• unethical: Behaving in a way not meeting moral standards
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• happen: To take place or occur
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• bronze: Having a yellowish olive-brown color
• terminate: To bring something to and end or finish
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• experimentation: Act of making and performing experiments or tests
• toad: Small amphibian animal very similar to a frog
• contestant: Person who participates in a competition
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• babe: Romantic term often used to your lover; darling
• gee: Give a command to a horse to turn to right