Vocabulary

• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• go on: To continue doing something
• nose out: To win or gain by a small margin, to just get ahead.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• insult: To disrespect someone by being rude or impolite
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• arrogant: Rude, from belief you are better than others
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• business: A company formed for making profit
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• product: Item that can be bought
• confiscate: To take something away from someone as punishment
• deaf: Not able to hear; hard of hearing
• extraordinarily: Extremely
• area: Amount of measured space
• professor: Teacher who teaches at a college or university
• wand: Thin rod held in the hand, e.g. used by a magician
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• artifact: Object made by humans, e.g. ancient tool
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• apartment: Set of rooms to live in on one floor of a building
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• castle: Large defensive building in historical times
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• exceedingly: To an extreme degree
• magic: Attractive, appealing, and exciting quality
• parchment: Strong, tough paper
• moonlight: To work at a second job (often late at night)