Vocabulary

• work out
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• take off: To remove, e.g. your clothes
• have to: Must do
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• under the microscope: Being examined very carefully or in great detail.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• heritage: Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
• keen: Being eager or excited for something to happen
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• role: Character played by an actor
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• master: To gain control over something
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• century: Period of 100 years
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• wax: (Of the moon) to get bigger, like a full circle
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• area: Amount of measured space
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• ultraviolet: Concerning light waves that are extremely short
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• resin: Sticky substance that is produced by some trees
• glaze: Light coating of liquid that makes surface shiny
• bench: Part of the room in court where the judge sits
• varnish: Liquid preparation that adds luster to furniture
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• disfigure: To damage the appearance or attractiveness of
• sitter: Person looking after children for parents