Vocabulary

• wake up: To stop sleeping
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• max out: To reach the limit on a credit card.
• work out
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• for better or worse: Regardless of the good or bad consequences of an action or situation.
• at least: As a minimum
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in circulation: Available and being used by the public.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• the icing on the cake: An additional benefit that makes a good situation even better.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• rational: Able to think clearly
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• drill: A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• fundamentally: In a basic and important way
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• distant: Unfriendly; cold
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• quarter: 25 cents
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• distribute: To hand out or give to people
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• workout: Energetic exercise
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• recommendation: Act of suggesting something as a good choice
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• daily: Happening every day
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• maximize: To make as large or great as possible
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• physique: The shape and size of a human body
• bout: A boxing match
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• reservoir: A lake storing water for use by the community
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• constituent: Necessary part or element of something else
• synthesis: Process of making something new out of other ones
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• randomize: To arrange in a random order