Vocabulary

• throw out: To make someone leave, because of bad behavior
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• chase down: To pursue someone or something in order to catch them.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• staggering: Causing amazement; unbelievable
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• proper: Correct according to social or moral rules
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• amount: Quantity of something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• steal: A bargain; something bought very cheaply
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• cosmetic: Serving a decorative rather than a useful purpose
• landfill: Burial of garbage, as to build up low-lying land
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• proclaim: To indicate or show something clearly
• plea: Response given by a person charged with a crime
• bin: Type of container, usually for trash
• pioneered: To begin or discover something new
• tram: Vehicle that runs on cables or rails
• clothe: To put a certain type of clothing on someone; dress