Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• at least: As a minimum
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• down the drain: Wasted or lost completely.
• work out
• above average
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• lead to: To result in some action
• stand out
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• mess up: To make a mistake
• alignment with: A state of agreement or cooperation between people, groups, or organizations.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• material: Cloth; fabric
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• spot: A certain place or area
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• stigma: Mark of shame or disgrace
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• craft: To make by hand and with much skill
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• area: Amount of measured space
• rigor: Precision or thoroughness in carrying out a task
• affiliate: Organization that is associated with another
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• extracurricular: Outside the regular academic curriculum
• predictor: Thing showing likelihood of something happening
• datum: Item of factual information
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• biochemistry: Science of chemical processes in living things