Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• write off: To cancel a debt; to recognize as a loss.
• follow suit: To do the same thing that someone else has done
• bring back: To cause to remember
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• on task: Focused and engaged in the activity or assignment at hand.
• devil's advocate: One who argues against a position to test its strength.
• fair point: A valid or reasonable statement; a good argument.
• in the loop: Being kept informed about something.
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• consider: To think carefully about something
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• fantastic: Strange or unusual in design or appearance
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• require: To demand that someone does something
• messy: Being complex or difficult to fix
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• suit: To be appropriate for a given situation
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• jolly: Being full of cheer, friendliness and happiness
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• enact: To make a bill into law
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• historical: Connected with the past
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• jersey: Shirt worn as part of a sports uniform
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• devil: A spirit said to be evil
• handwriting: Way a person's writing looks
• cursive: Having the successive letters joined; flowing
• uncommon: Not typical; not normal; unusual
• comeback: A clever or witty retort or reply
• buster: Way of addressing a man
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
• quill: Pen made from a bird's feather
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject