Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in the absence of: When someone or something is not present or available.
• start off: To begin or commence something.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• make up: To invent or create a story
• on task: Focused and engaged in the activity or assignment at hand.
• bounce back: To return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or illness.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• perseverance: Act of continuing to try despite difficulties
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• adversity: Bad or difficult situation or times; trouble
• grit: Strong determination
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• important: Having power or authority
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• talented: Highly proficient or good at something
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• person: Man, woman or child
• point: An item to be discussed
• extraordinarily: Extremely
• humility: Quality of not feeling better than others
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• magnify: To increase the importance or seriousness of
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• gritty: Showing strong determination
• precursor: Something that comes before another; forerunner
• kindness: Quality of being warmhearted and helpful
• insufficient: Not sufficient; not enough
• datum: Item of factual information
• predictive: Making a guess based on previous experience
• misplace: To put something in the wrong place