Vocabulary

• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• stand between: To place oneself in the middle to prevent conflict or harm.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• get behind: To support or encourage.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• extreme: Very great in degree
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• strike: To hit something
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• thick: Difficult to see through, as fog
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• riot: Person, thing, or event that is extremely funny
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• click: To work well with someone or something
• bully: a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable
• utility: Public services such as gas, water, or electricity
• philosopher: Person studying the meaning of truth and life
• ignite: To catch fire
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• point: An item to be discussed
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• armor: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• rank: To rate or class things
• mercury: Silver-white metal that is used in thermometers
• ward: Person's name
• land: Region or country
• harass: To bother repeatedly with harmful words or actions
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• penetration: Act of entering into or through something
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• crippling: To hurt and make useless
• combo: A small number of things that are combined or used together.
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• ninja: Japanese martial arts warrior, often an assassin
• buff: Person who knows a great deal about a topic
• legion: Large group of soldiers, as of the Roman army
• durability: Product made to withstand repeated use
• dominion: Control over a place (or a person); sovereignty
• guillotine: Cutting machine with a sharp blade
• turret: Small tower on a building
• teammate: Fellow member of a team