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
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• 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
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• 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
• paradoxical: Seemingly contradictory but possibly true
• fortunate: Having good luck
• 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: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• 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