Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• leave: To go away from; depart
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• brick: Baked clay block used to build houses, walls
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• act: To behave in a certain way
• insignificant: Being very small or unimportant
• verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
• gap: Distance between two objects
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• manuscript: Original piece of writing before it is published
• infantry: Group of soldiers who fight on foot
• handwriting: Way a person's writing looks
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• playwright: Person who writes plays