Vocabulary

• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
• rehearse: To practice e.g. play, speech before a performance
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• villain: Character in a story who is mean or evil
• drastic: Serious, severe or extreme
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• retrieve: To find and bring in animals during a hunt
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• wreck: Car, plane, boat accident damaging the vehicle
• perk: An advantage or something extra, such as money or goods, that you are given because of your job
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• setback: Unfortunate happening that hinders or frustrates
• vaguely: In a vague way; not fully
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
• gauge: A tool used to measure things
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• sanctuary: Place to find rest and relaxation
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• memorize: To study something so that you remember it
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• athletic: Fit and strong; physically capable
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• unbearable: Not able to be accepted or tolerated
• impeccable: That cannot be faulted/criticized; without flaws
• picky: Careful about deciding on things; hard to please
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• liable: Open to (attack, etc.)
• corny: Silly or sentimental, e.g. because old-fashioned
• autopsy: Examination of dead body to find cause of death
• can: Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
• annoyance: Slight anger; not liking or approving of something
• long: Person's name
• karate: A Japanese martial art; weaponless self-defense
• please: To entertain someone, by dancing, singing etc.
• countdown: Counting backward to zero to show the time left
• educational: Intended to teach or inform
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• handshake: Act of shaking someone's hand with your own hand
• interruption: Act of causing a break in something continuous
• commissioner: Person heading a group in charge of something
• enjoy: To take pleasure in something
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• ballroom: Large room used mainly for dancing
• safe: Highly likely
• sport: Something that is done for fun, e.g. football
• star: To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
• lair: Place where wild animals or criminals can hide
• panther: Black leopard
• conveniently: In a way that takes little effort or trouble
• stupidity: Poor ability to understand, learn from experience
• stepmother: Father's wife after death/divorce of your mother
• urn: Vase of varying size and shape
• donut: Piece of sweet, fried bread shaped like a ring
• softball: Ball used in playing softball
• felicity: Pleasing and appropriate manner or style
• windscreen: The front glass of a car
• hank: A coil of rope or wool or yarn
• trey: Cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one; one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips