Vocabulary

• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• at heart: In one's real or essential nature; fundamentally.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• such as: For example; like
• walk around: To stroll or wander in a leisurely way.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at school: Present and attending school.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• rational: Able to think clearly
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• dignity: Person of high rank deserving respect
• solitude: State of preferring to be alone
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• interpretation: Explanation of the meaning of something
• spoil: To damage something, usually by treating it poorly
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
• distinction: Special quality that makes something different
• hatred: Very strong feeling of dislike; hate
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• noble: Being admirable and honorable in character
• hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• idiot: A person who is foolish or not very smart
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• act: To behave in a certain way
• benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• nourish: To cause an idea, belief, or feeling to develop
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• loathe: To dislike someone or something greatly; detest
• jolly: Being full of cheer, friendliness and happiness
• punitive: Intended to punish; severe; harsh
• stringent: Strict or severe, as regards standards or rules
• pigeon: Gray bird that is common in cities
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• will: Desire or choice of someone
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• excruciating: (Of pain) extremely bad
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• deficient: Lacking something necessary
• decency: Behavior that is good, moral and acceptable
• courtyard: Area open to the sky, but closed in by buildings