Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• set by: To separate and save for another use or time
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• epic: Going on for a long time; awe-inspiring
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• outfit: A set of clothing (with accessories)
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• capture: To attract and hold e.g. interest, attention
• thrill: Thing/event causing sudden excitement or pleasure
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• academy: School that specializes in certain subjects
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• shut: To stop being open for business
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• steel: Very strong or determined character in a person
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• paramount: More important/significant than all other things
• award: To give a prize for doing something well
• cocky: Overly self-confident or self-assertive
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• level: Specific height of something
• nominate: To choose someone to fill a certain position
• rob: Person's name
• nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
• robe: Long loose piece of clothing denoting high rank
• banter: Type of friendly, joking talk
• butler: Senior male servant in a household
• potter: To spend time, e.g. gardening, without hurrying
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• underrate: To undervalue or underestimate
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• deathly: Like death; very quiet, pale etc.