Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• at least: As a minimum
• by heart: Learned or memorized perfectly.
• figure for: To calculate or estimate something, especially costs or amounts.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• younger sister: A female sibling born after oneself.
• wrestle with: To struggle to understand or make a difficult decision.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• inherent: Existing as an essential part of
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• convention: Official agreement between two or more countries
• sacred: Worthy of religious worship; very holy
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• agony: Great pain or suffering
• role: Character played by an actor
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• declaration: Stating the cost of things purchased overseas
• reconcile: To balance the accounts
• equator: Geographical line at zero degrees latitude
• poetry: Poetic writing; imaginative verses
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• contradiction: Saying or showing something is not so
• length: Distance from one end of a pool to the other
• great: Very good; better than before
• equality: Idea that all people have the same rights
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• wrestle: To fight someone by holding parts of their body
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• shave: To cut the beard/hair close to skin with a razor
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• pamphlet: Thin book that provides information about a topic
• agree: To have the same opinion as someone else
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• abolition: Act of abolishing a bad practice or institution
• flammable: Burning quickly and easily
• transcription: Something written from spoken material
• valet: Servant who looks after clothes of male employer
• enslave: To make someone live like a slave
• parse: To analyze component parts of speech
• rationality: Being able to think clearly
• typo: Mistake in printed matter
• providence: Force believed to control or protect our lives
• shutdown: Termination of operations
• sonnet: 14-line poetic verse form with fixed rhyme pattern