Vocabulary

• see through: To realize the truth about
• driven by greed: Motivated or controlled by an excessive desire for wealth or material possessions.
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• in a manner: In a specific way or style.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• in truth: In fact; actually; really
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• slightest clue: The smallest or most minimal indication or piece of information that could lead to understanding something.
• give away
• pile up: To put things on top of each other to form a pile
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• mental: Concerning the mind
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• temptation: Something making you want to do/have bad thing
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• foremost: Being the best or most important
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• clue: Information that helps explain something; hint
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
• pile: Large amount of something
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• vivid: Having very clear details and seeming to be real
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• fulfillment: Feeling of satisfaction from achieving something
• cynical: Always believing that bad things are the reasons
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• hysterical: Being out of control mentally; violently emotional
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• humiliate: To cause to lose pride, self-respect, or dignity
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• ample: (Of quantity, amount) more than enough
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• glamour: Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
• voluntarily: Of your own free will; not because you were forced
• cynicism: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• fragility: Lack of strength; easily broken or harmed
• disprove: To show something is not true
• downbeat: First beat of a musical measure