Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• educational attainment: The highest level of education that someone has completed.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• for rent: Available to be rented or leased.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• flat out: To go as fast as you possibly can
• turn off
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• financial: Involving money
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• downside: Negative aspect of something
• premise: Foundation idea in an argument/discussion
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
• intrusive: Appearing or getting involved where not wanted
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• own: To have something as your property
• presume: To assume that something is true till proven false
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• live: To be alive
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• fresh: Clean; not used or dirty
• arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
• masculinity: Trait of behaving in ways typical of men
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• paralyze: To be unable to move from loss of muscle function
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• unpack: To try to understand by thinking about something
• realtor: Person who sells or rents properties
• outlier: Something far away from the center of something
• homeowner: Someone who owns a home