Vocabulary

• clue in: Inform someone about something they do not know.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• cut off: To end a process, e.g. a phone call
• check out
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• toss: To throw something into the air, e.g. casually
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• monopoly: Complete market control for a service or product
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• defense: Argument in support of something
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• corrupt: To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• loyal: Always showing support for; faithful
• license: To give official permission to do something
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• insulate: To prevent heat, electricity, sound from passing
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• superiority: Quality of being more effective, skillful etc.
• crown: To put a crown on to make someone a king/queen
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• horrendous: Causing horror; awful; very bad
• cardboard: Lightweight paper board
• dice: To cut food or other things into small pieces
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• entourage: People who travel with and help someone important