Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• take leave of: To say goodbye to someone; to depart from someone or something.
• on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• next to: Being located along side another
• in a while: In a short period of time; soon.
• once in a while: Occasionally; not very often.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• work out
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• vulnerability: Being weak and able to be easily hurt or damaged
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• hygiene: Cleanliness; being clean
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• shed: Small building used for storage
• nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• allergic: Of or having a reaction to an allergy
• recipient: Someone who gets or receives something
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• minor: Not so large in size; not important or valuable
• firmly: In a hard, steady, unchanging way
• satisfaction: Happy feeling because of something that you did
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• dim: Not bright; not being clear
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
• repulsive: Very unpleasant; that almost makes you feel sick
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• fortunate: Having good luck
• paradoxical: Seemingly contradictory but possibly true
• sudden: Happening or done quickly or unexpectedly
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• great: Very good; better than before
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• abruptly: Suddenly; without warning
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• disgust: Strong feeling of dislike for something
• defensive: Protecting something, yourself from attack
• cynicism: An ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Antisthenes and Diogenes, advocating that virtue is the only good and that true freedom comes from living simply and rejecting all artificial desires and social conventions.
• disdain: Lack of respect because you think you are better
• grate: To shred food into very small pieces
• distaste: When you have no liking for something; disgust
• countenance: Expression of the face