Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• for a change: As something different from what is usual or normal.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• evolve: To develop certain features
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• seek: To ask someone for help
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• leave: To go away from; depart
• philosopher: Person studying the meaning of truth and life
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• staff: Employees of a company
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• peasant: A person of low social status who works on a farm
• entrance: A place where you enter a house or other building
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• attendance: Number of people present at a place or event
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• famously: In a manner or to an extent that is well known
• empathic: Showing empathy/understanding of others' states