Vocabulary

• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• turn off
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• through the looking glass: Entering a strange or surreal situation or world.
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• consider: To think carefully about something
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• express: To send something by fast mail
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• dump: To end a romantic relationship
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• phenomenal: Amazing; remarkable
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• couple: To join something to something else
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• abusive: Saying or doing bad or cruel things to others
• ideology: Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• point: An item to be discussed
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• liability: Something that is owed to someone else, e.g. debt
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• frontier: Border crossing between countries
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• catholic: One of many Christian belief systems
• pope: Bishop of Rome and the head of the Catholic Church
• asymmetric: Having no balance; not the same on both sides