Vocabulary

• with good grace: Doing something willingly and politely without complaint.
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• stop at nothing: To be willing to do anything to achieve something.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• listen in: To secretly listen to a conversation.
• extent to which: The degree to which something is true or likely to happen.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• poverty: State of being poor
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• shed: Small building used for storage
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• leave: To go away from; depart
• succumb: To eventually die from a disease
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• grit: Strong determination
• mingle: To mix or come into contact, as people at a party
• row: To move a boat using oars
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• staff: Employees of a company
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• greatness: Property of outstanding importance or eminence
• down: Along something's path, course, or direction
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• decency: Behavior that is good, moral and acceptable
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• close: Almost; near
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• baton: Short stick used by a music conductor
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass