Vocabulary

• at the bank: Located at or near a financial institution.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• grow out of: To develop or originate from something.
• come to terms with: To accept something difficult or unpleasant.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• adolescence: Developmental period typically in the teen years
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• attitude: Way you act, think and feel about something
• reap: To harvest or to cut and collect crops
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• phase: Different stages of the moon from new to full
• leave: To go away from; depart
• briefly: Using little time or resources
• revenge: Getting back at someone by hurting them back
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• dissipate: To disappear over time
• amusement: State of being amused or feeling enjoyment
• enact: To make a bill into law
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• drunk: To put liquid in your body through your mouth
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• puppy: Very young dog (and some other animals)
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning