Vocabulary

• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• have to: Must do
• regardless of
• ease up: To reduce effort, pressure, or intensity.
• such as: For example; like
• stand out
• make or break: Capable of ensuring success or causing failure.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• conversation skills: The ability to communicate effectively and engage in meaningful exchanges with others.
• think on: To consider something carefully before making a decision.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• on the fly: While in motion or progress; spontaneously; without prior planning or preparation.
• thinking on your feet: To make quick decisions without preparation.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• straightforward: Easy to do or understand; not complicated
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• misconception: Wrong or misunderstood idea
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• performance: Act of doing something
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• recite: To speak aloud a passage from memory
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• submit: To accept a superior force has power over you
• master: To gain control over something
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• preparation: Cream or substance applied onto the skin
• memorize: To study something so that you remember it
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• agile: Quick and skillful in moving; nimble
• physician: A medical doctor
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• rank: To rate or class things
• firsthand: Received directly from a source
• derail: (Of a train) to come off the railway tracks
• authentically: In a manner showing it is real and not a copy
• extracurricular: Outside the regular academic curriculum
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• adequately: Well enough; fairly good; not too bad
• prep: Preparation for an action or event
• culmination: The point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point
• borderline: Line dividing two areas or categories
• babble: To talk without speaking clearly
• unscripted: Not using a script; unrehearsed
• coursework: Work that is not an exam that is given to students
• shoo: Said to make people or animals go away