Vocabulary

• at the bank: Located at or near a financial institution.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• proposed changes: Alterations or modifications that have been suggested but not yet implemented or finalized.
• follow through: To fulfill a promise
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• extreme: Very great in degree
• consider: To think carefully about something
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• wardrobe: Stock of clothes belonging to a person
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• disgusting: Having a very bad taste
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• misery: Thing that causes unhappiness
• reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• extravagant: Going beyond what is normal or proper
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• chop: To cut into pieces with an up and down motion
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• compel: To force someone to do something
• haze: Dust, smoke, or gas that darkens or clouds the air
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• pungent: Being very strong in smell or taste
• dissipate: To disappear over time
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• residence: Place where a person lives
• smog: Fog that is combined with other harmful gases
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• shroud: To hide, as with secrecy; make it difficult to see
• porter: Person who carries luggage for guests/passengers
• narration: Act of telling a story and describing the events