Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• swim in: To move through water by using your arms and legs.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• in the least: Not at all; to the smallest degree.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• give off: To produce a smell or gas; emit
• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• gorgeous: Extremely attractive; richly beautiful
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• urge: A strong desire for something
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• poverty: State of being poor
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• nerve: Fibers in the body that enable feeling, movement
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• leave: To go away from; depart
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• profit: Benefit from doing something
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• horrific: Terrifying and shocking
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• feminism: Belief that women and men have the same rights
• part: Division of a book
• burn: To destroy with fire
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• purify: To make pure by removing unwanted substances
• nestle: To be sheltered or protected by e.g. trees, hills
• penthouse: (Luxury) apartment on the top floor of a building
• rainforest: Ancient forest growing in tropical regions