Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• instance: An example of something; case
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• imagination: Ability to creates new ideas and mental images
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• nonsense: Foolish or untrue statements or ideas
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• part: Division of a book
• heir: Person to receive power or money when someone dies
• aristocrat: Member of the highest, landowning social group
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• homosexual: Attracted to people of the same sex
• gotcha: Shortened form of 'got you'
• playwright: Person who writes plays
• earl: Man with a high or noble rank in a society
• latin: Ancient Roman language affecting many languages
• fledge: (Of a young bird) to become capable of flight
• hamlet: Very small village
• gentry: Nobles: People of high social standing e.g. lords
• stepfather: Husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage