Vocabulary

• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• extreme: Very great in degree
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• ironically: Contrary to plan or expectation
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• respond: To answer something or someone
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• utensil: A tool with a particular use, especially in a kitchen or house
• utility: Public services such as gas, water, or electricity
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• accident: Sudden unplanned event causing damage, injury etc.
• coal: Dark hard substance from the earth burnt as a fuel
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• specialize: To focus on one area of a field or profession
• level: Specific height of something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• oppressive: Keeping people under your control, in a cruel way
• entitlement: Right (to benefits) granted by law, contract
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• indistinguishable: Exactly alike; not able to be seen as different
• soot: Fine, black powder produced during burning
• motif: A distinctive form, shape or figure in a design
• countryside: Natural open land away from towns
• trilogy: Series of three connected works
• industrialization: Process of creating and developing many businesses
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning