Vocabulary

• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• shelf life: The length of time for which an item remains usable, fit for consumption, or saleable.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• fire off: To say or ask questions quickly
• on fire: Very successful or popular
• in the dark: Uninformed about something; unaware.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• barely: Only just; just possible
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• film: Thin layer that covers something
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• soak: To make something completely wet
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• monologue: Long speech given by one person, often in a play
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• leave: To go away from; depart
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• spectacle: Impressive performance, public event or show
• drown: To kill something by putting it under water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• shelf: Flat, narrow surface on an area of rock or sand
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• surrender: Ending a fight you cannot win; formally giving up
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• imagery: Use of symbolism to help imagine something
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• adjacent: Being close or near to a border, wall, or point
• carnival: Traveling amusement show with rides and sideshows
• part: Division of a book
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• compost: Dead plants, leaves or grass, used as fertilizer
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• glitter: To shine with individual tiny flashes of light
• angst: Often worried or unhappy, especially about personal problems
• evocative: Bringing to mind thoughts, feelings, or memories
• await: To keep ready for future needs
• obsolescence: Fact of going out of date/starting to be not used
• downpour: A heavy rain shower
• teardrop: Anything shaped like a falling drop
• oneness: Quality of being united into one
• baddie: Main bad character in a film or work of fiction
• batty: A little crazy; odd; eccentric