Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• settle into: To become comfortable and familiar with a new place or situation.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• stark contrast: A sharp, clear, and obvious difference between two things.
• in rows: Arranged in multiple lines.
• set up
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• such as: For example; like
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• contrast with: To be strikingly different from something else.
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• by accident: Without intending to; unintentionally.
• sense of entitlement: The belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• poverty: State of being poor
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• express: To send something by fast mail
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from 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
• escape: Act to briefly ignoring boring or bad things
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• respond: To answer something or someone
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• unrealistic: Not seeing or interpreting things as they are
• curriculum: Group of related courses in a school or college
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• devote: To dedicate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• loom: To appear in a large, unclear, or threatening form
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• entitle: To make you eligible to hold a title
• oppressive: Keeping people under your control, in a cruel way
• entitlement: Right (to benefits) granted by law, contract
• motif: A distinctive form, shape or figure in a design
• symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship
• grandmother: Your mother or father's mother
• sissy: (Of a male) cowardly; easily scared