Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• go beyond: To do more than planned or expected; exceed
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• have to: Must do
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• dumb: Senseless; stupid
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• jerk: Someone you think is an idiot
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• predator: An animal that hunts and kills other animals
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• initially: At first; originally
• prey: To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• defy: To refuse to obey; be resistant to
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• due: When something is required or expected
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• gender: State of being male or female
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• uplifting: Rise of something
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
• public: Owned by the government
• internalize: To accept attitudes, behavior as part of yourself
• ignorant: Lacking knowledge, awareness or information
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• popsicle: Sweet frozen candy on a stick
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• sly: Cleverly hiding the true purpose
• civilized: To teach people how to behave properly
• nick: Person's name
• bunny: Rabbits
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information