Vocabulary

• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• start on: To begin or start doing something.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• utterly: Completely
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• address: Exact street location of a place
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• cluttered: To fill with disorderly mess of things
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• vanilla: Having the taste of vanilla
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• malaria: Disease caused by being bitten by a mosquito
• public: Owned by the government
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• hysteria: A case of wild, uncontrollable behavior or panic
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• upheaval: Raising of the earth's upper layer
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• mud: Soft, wet dirt
• tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• unplug: To pull out the plug of (electrical appliances)
• scuba: Equipment which allows you to breath underwater
• unaware: Not knowing that something is happening
• northern: In or toward the north
• word: Unit of language that has a meaning
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• diving: To swim deep under water with an air supply
• unknowingly: Without knowing or being consciously aware
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• television: Device that broadcasts programs, movies or show
• thud: Dull noise, as of something heavy falling
• plunder: Things taken violently or by force
• class: To place things into groups by common qualities
• california: A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the rd largest state; known for earthquakes
• avoidance: Act of preventing something happening
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• umbrella: Including many smaller things of the same type
• sabbatical: A break or change from a normal routine
• unsure: Lacking confidence or certainty
• gala: A big party, as for a public celebration
• tuba: Lowest brass wind instrument
• puma: Large American feline resembling a lion