Vocabulary

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• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• fill: To make something full
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• flight: Act of leaving a place, usually to escape danger
• college: School or educational institution for adults
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• foil: To cleverly prevent (plot/crime) from happening
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• cop: Slang for police officer
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• meal: Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• fella: Way of spelling 'fellows'
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• caliber: Degree or grade of excellence or worth
• burglary: Action of a thief entering a building to steal
• bistro: Small informal restaurant which serves wine
• corporal: Concerning or affecting the body
• preacher: One speaking in church, etc. about religious ideas
• cicada: Large insect that produces a high-pitched drone
• serviceable: In usable condition
• hitman: Criminal hired to kill someone
• beanstalk: Stem of a bean plant