Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• show in: To lead someone into a room or building.
• such as: For example; like
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• tease: To purposefully bother an animal
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• mentor: Experienced or wise person who advises others
• harbor: Area of water protected by land and used by ships
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• exquisite: Being very sensitive or detailed, e.g. of taste
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• ripple: Small gentle low wave on the surface of water, etc.
• public: Owned by the government
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• exhibition: Public event to display objects, art etc.
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• overhead: Located above your head or in the sky
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• enable: To make it possible to do something
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• scholar: Educated person who attends or attended school
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• aptitude: Natural gift allowing quick learning of something
• artistic: Being able to paint, write music, etc.; creative
• artist: A person skilled and creative in art e.g. painter
• revere: To give someone great respect and loyalty
• hug: To hold someone in your arms as sign of affection
• tremble: To shake a little, as due to an earthquake
• pier: Strong post that helps support something
• symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
• mark: Person's name
• baton: Short stick used by a music conductor
• shun: To avoid using/accepting, e.g. to show disapproval
• dame: Title of respect given to a woman
• cod: Type of large fish that is often eaten
• lyrical: Like singing; expressed beautifully or movingly
• greco: Concerning (ancient) Greece