Vocabulary

• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• break in: To wear new (shoes, etc.) to make them comfortable
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• evolve: To develop certain features
• dread: To await with great fear
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• solitary: Done alone; spending a lot of time alone
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• narrative: The telling of a story
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• respect: To follow the established rules
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• advent: First appearance of something important
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• framework: Skeleton structure of a building or construction
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• gooey: Soft and sticky
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• century: Period of 100 years
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• longevity: Amount of time someone or something lives or lasts
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• caterpillar: Insect with many legs that becomes a butterfly
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• madly: In an uncontrolled manner
• pollinate: (Of bees) to put pollen on plant so it makes seed
• butterfly: Insect with large and colorful wings
• midlife: Of the middle years of a person's life