Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• next to: Being located along side another
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• of all things: Used to express surprise or disbelief at something unexpected or unusual.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• casual: Being careless or having little thought or effort
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• fraction: Small part of something
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• chill: State of being a little cold
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• authenticity: Quality of being genuine, not a fake or copy
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• cherish: To care a lot about or love someone or something
• habitat: Natural place where a plant or animal lives
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• mammal: Animal which drinks milk from its mother
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• whatsoever: Used to add emphasis to an idea being expressed
• slap: To hit with the open hand or with a flat object
• squirrel: Small furry tree-living animal with a big tail
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• marvel: Something that causes wonder or astonishment
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• ludicrous: Very foolish; ridiculous
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• raccoon: A nocturnal mammal with a ringed tail
• converge: (E.g. of two roads) to come together
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil