Vocabulary

• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• out of place: Not comfortable or belonging in a particular situation.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• read through: To read something from beginning to end, often to find mistakes or check details.
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• contrasted with: To be strikingly different from something else.
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• off the rails: Out of control; behaving unpredictably.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• like lightning: Very quickly or suddenly.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• inherently: As an essential part of
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• mysterious: Unusual; hard to understand or work out
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• ominous: Indicating something bad or unpleasant will happen
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• frightening: To make someone afraid or nervous
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• naked: Not wearing any clothes; without covering
• ambiguity: State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
• ambivalent: Not sure what you feel about something
• emotion: A feeling such as sadness, anger or love
• delight: Strong feeling of great pleasure
• explanation: Details or reasons given to make something clear
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• rhyme: One of a group of words ending in similar sounds
• poetry: Poetic writing; imaginative verses
• sleeve: Part of a garment covering the arm
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• contradiction: Saying or showing something is not so
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• business: A company formed for making profit
• equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
• condense: To remove water from to make it thicker
• weak: Not having a strong character
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• lightning: Flashes of light in the sky caused by a storm
• superb: Extremely good
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• dazzle: To make one feel great excitement or admiration
• feeble: Weak; not well in health; lacking power
• preposterous: Very foolish or silly; ridiculous
• apprehension: Dread or fear of a bad outcome
• circumference: Length around an outer boundary, e.g. a circle
• overt: Obvious; easily seen or noticed; explicit
• oscillate: To keep moving back and forth many times
• oblique: Neither perpendicular nor parallel
• assertion: Statement made as if it were fact