Vocabulary

• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• outbreak: Sudden occurrence of illness, discontent etc.
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• leave: To go away from; depart
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• occupation: A career or regular job
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• explosion: Loud and sudden expression of emotion
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• fiery: Of or like fire; hot or angry
• northern: In or toward the north
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• baton: Short stick used by a music conductor
• headquarter: Main office of a company or organisation
• tyre: Rubber rings around wheels on cars and trucks