Vocabulary

• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• act: To behave in a certain way
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• great: Very good; better than before
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• product: Item that can be bought
• behold: To look at
• cough: To suddenly expel air from the lungs
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• bloated: To cause to swell up or inflate with gas or liquid
• long: Person's name
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• woo: (Of a man) to try to get a woman to marry him
• backup: Making additional copies of your computer data
• talk: Style of speaking
• love: Person's name
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens
• math: Study or science of numbers and shapes
• baby: A very young child, who cannot yet speak
• buffet: Meal where eaters select from many various dishes
• doo: Bird commonly referred to as a pigeon
• ow: Sound people make when they are hurt
• dipper: Ladle that has a cup with a long handle