Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on the rise: Increasing; becoming more popular or common.
• at first sight: Immediately on seeing someone or something for the first time; based on a first impression.
• have to: Must do
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• evolve: To develop certain features
• aesthetic: Concerning the sense of artistic beauty
• consider: To think carefully about something
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• express: To send something by fast mail
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• convey: To carry or transport something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• genre: Category of art, music with its own qualities
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• flexible: Bending easily
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• intonation: Rises and falls in pitch of speech
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• prosperous: Being successful and having a lot of money
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• margin: Edge of an area
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• palace: Official home of a ruler, such as a king or queen
• immortal: Not subject to death; that will never die
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• wizard: Man with magical powers
• banquet: Grand formal dinner
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• lonely: Sad because apart from other people
• prose: Writing that is not a poem
• goose: Large water bird related to a duck
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• apparition: Ghost or ghostly figure; an unusual appearance
• tang: Sharp, slightly sour taste or smell
• yuan: Unit of money in China