Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in a pickle: In a difficult situation.
• knock it off: Stop doing something annoying or disruptive.
• have to: Must do
• up the wall: Extremely annoyed or frustrated.
• going on: To continue doing something
• bring back: To cause to remember
• at least: As a minimum
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• annoying: To make someone angry
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• retention: Act of holding something inside the body
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• click: To work well with someone or something
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• stale: (E.g. of bread) not fresh
• heck: Expressing surprise, or frustration
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• stressful: Worrying; causing tension
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• buzz: Low pitched sound similar to the sound bees make
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• niche: Small part of a market representing an opportunity
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• overhaul: To repair and fix something
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• exponential: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• squash: To stop a revolt, etc. continuing; overcome; defeat
• sassy: Improperly forward or bold
• porcupine: Large rodents with sharp bristles
• yell: A sudden loud cry or shout
• squish: To walk through mud or puddles
• monetize: To make money from your invention or ideas
• cheetah: Fast large spotted cat found in Africa and Asia
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• gorilla: Very large African ape, usually with dark fur
• fire: Heat and the flame produced when burning
• knife: Long piece of metal you use for cutting things
• watch: To keep in check, manage, or control something
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• fruit: Result or product of something
• cut: Act/instance of reducing the size or amount of
• talk: Style of speaking
• wait: To delay or not do something until later
• pear: Fruit that is pointed at top, rounded at bottom
• boo: To shout out 'boo', to express your disapproval
• bro: Shortened form of 'brother'
• pineapple: A sweet fruit with yellow flesh and green skin
• mackerel: Fish with wavy marks on the back
• detonate: To trigger or start an explosion
• stop: To block or close something
• lawnmower: A device for cutting grass
• airbag: Bag-like device that puffs up in an auto collision