Vocabulary

• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• grow on: To cause someone to begin to like
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• on the part of: By or done by (someone); concerning someone.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• extreme: Very great in degree
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• rational: Able to think clearly
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• beneficial: Giving an advantage, having a helpful effect
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• detach: To send away a military unit on a special mission
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• point: An item to be discussed
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• ignorance: Lack of information or knowledge about something
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• ornament: An object used to decorate or enhance something
• part: Division of a book
• innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• iron: Heavy metal device heated to smooth clothes
• scold: To speak angrily and give negative criticism
• circus: Shows with clowns animals etc. performed in a tent
• factual: Involving or being based upon evidence
• unable: Not being able to do something
• veterinary: Concerning the care of an animal's health
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• nickname: Name given by friends or family
• sissy: (Of a male) cowardly; easily scared
• breaker: Device that switches electricity on or off
• marshy: Soft and watery
• schoolmaster: A teacher at a school