Vocabulary

• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• such as: For example; like
• on the fence: Undecided; wavering between two options.
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• feel the need: To have a strong desire or urge to do something.
• high and mighty: Acting arrogantly or superior to others.
• thumbs up: A gesture of approval or agreement, indicated by holding a fist with the thumb extended upwards.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• ask for help: To request assistance or support.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• initiative: Ability to come up with solutions by yourself
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• psychology: The study of the mind and how it affects behavior
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• assertive: Being confident and sure of yourself
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• rub: To spread a cream, etc., using a repeated motion
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• ironic: Funny because it is the opposite of the truth
• fully: Completely or entirely
• narcissistic: Admiring yourself excessively
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• narcissism: Being in love with yourself, your own appearance
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• positivity: Tendency to be positive or accepting
• psychotherapist: Therapist treating mental and emotional disorders
• psych: (Of an upcoming event) to cause excitement in
• sherry: Alcoholic drink originating in Spain