Vocabulary

• peel back: To gradually reveal or uncover something by removing layers or obstacles.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• get at: To criticize someone, often personally
• off the hook: Released from an obligation or responsibility.
• tip the scales: To decisively influence a balance or decision.
• the leading cause: The most significant or primary reason for something.
• going on: To continue doing something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• vibe with: To feel a strong connection or compatibility with someone or something.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• pay up: To pay money that you owe
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• at worst: If the most unfavorable outcome happens.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• scheduled for: To be planned or arranged for a specific time.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• wrap up: To complete something, such as a film or project
• made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• episode: One separate event in a series of events
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• narrative: The telling of a story
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• pile: Large amount of something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• rigorous: Very strict and often difficult; thorough
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• rewind: To make something go backwards
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• skepticism: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• curtain: Piece of cloth used to cover a window
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• public: Owned by the government
• mate: A friend who you work, live, or go to school with
• entice: To attract someone by appealing to hope or desire
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• product: Item that can be bought
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• cigarette: White paper tube filled with tobacco
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• sage: Someone who is very wise
• arduous: Requiring a lot of effort; difficult and tiring
• nugget: Small, solid lump (of gold, chicken, wisdom etc.)
• mesh: Crisscrossed wires to allow air/liquid through
• flu: Illness causing headache, fever etc.
• pebble: Small, smooth stone, as found on a beach
• tortoise: Slow moving animal with a hard protective shell
• tar: Black oily substance used to make roads