Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• first prize: The best prize in a competition or game.
• forget about: To stop thinking about something; to ignore something.
• power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• strength: Condition of being strong
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• dictate: To speak while someone writes down your words
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• respect: To follow the established rules
• tease: To purposefully bother an animal
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• whisper: To talk with breath but no voice
• tuition: Money that is paid for lessons
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• waste: To kill or severely harm someone
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• outright: In a complete manner; totally
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• privileged: Having advantages given to only certain people
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• part: Division of a book
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• posh: Seeming expensive; of/typical of the upper class
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• hypocrisy: When one decries a thing while doing it themselves
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• playground: Outdoor area for children to play in
• outdoors: Outside a building; in the open air