Vocabulary

• come from: To have as your native country or city
• have to: Must do
• have been around: To have a lot of experience in life.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on television: Appearing or broadcast on TV.
• soak up: To absorb; to become filled with (something)
• squeezed out: To remove an object by pressing something firmly
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in tandem: (Of two people/organizations) working together
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in concert: Together in cooperation or agreement.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• dance: To move your body rhythmically to music
• pen: Small fenced area where people or animals are kept
• pencil: Something you draw pictures with, or write with
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• color: To change or affect someone's opinion
• read: Person's name
• paper: Academic writing or a talk on a specific topic
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• timeless: Never-ending; everlasting; eternal
• newspaper: Sheets of paper (or online) containing the news
• clothing: Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
• dress: Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
• wash: To clean someone or something with soap and water
• cartoon: Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• add: To include as well
• art: Creative skill using the imagination e.g. painting
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• advancement: Progress made in a field of knowledge
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• costume: Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film
• concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
• comic: Person who stands on a stage and tells jokes
• brush: To touch against a thing very lightly when moving
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• web: Skin between ducks' toes that enables them to swim
• soft: Having flowing curves rather than sharp edges
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• designer: Someone who creates plans to make something
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• graphic: Concerning things that are drawn
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• visualize: To create a picture in your mind of something
• visually: With respect to vision
• select: To choose a suitable thing from a group
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• director: Senior person who manages part of an organization
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• happiness: State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction
• adjust: To change; to attain a desired state or function
• image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• soak: To make something completely wet
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• mechanical: Done without thought or feeling; automatic
• sadness: Unhappy feeling when something bad happened
• viewer: Special machine to look at pictures
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• scan: To look inside of the body with a special machine
• graceful: Showing beautiful movement, behavior or form
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• sketch: Brief account of something without many details
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
• verbal: Concerning verbs
• watercolor: Paint with watercolors
• elicit: To get an answer or reaction from
• tandem: A bicycle with two sets of pedals and saddles
• quill: Pen made from a bird's feather
• jot: None or very little
• backstory: Events that happened before the start of a story or narrative, providing context for the current plot.
• crow: Large black bird
• doodle: Aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch
• playwright: Person who writes plays
• punchline: Last line of a joke
• incoming: Coming toward a place or position; arriving
• humor: Quality that makes something funny
• gray: Color between black and white (also spelled grey)