Vocabulary

• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• college credit: Recognition for having taken a course at college or university, which can be used towards a degree.
• from time to time: Occasionally; sometimes but not regularly.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• move around: To change position or location; to go from place to place.
• drop out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• allow me: A polite way of offering to do something for someone.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• bring to: To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
• tap into: To manage to use something in a way that brings you benefits
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• elaborate: To explain something in detail
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• elite: The richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• brag: To speak too proudly about yourself
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• perseverance: Act of continuing to try despite difficulties
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• overcome: To succeed in a struggle against; defeat
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• mentor: Experienced or wise person who advises others
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• achievement: Something good that you have successfully done
• leave: To go away from; depart
• grit: Strong determination
• tailor: To make or alter to fit a certain purpose
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• master: To gain control over something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• bachelor: Person who earned a first degree at a university
• merit: To earn something, such as praise or a reward
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• exceptional: Being extremely and unusually good
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• mobility: Ability to move
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• outcast: Someone that has been excluded from a society
• nonprofit: Not commercially motivated; charitable
• charter: Official document giving certain rights to a group
• curry: Indian food made of vegetables, meat and spices
• scaffold: To build on previous information or knowledge
• incarcerate: To put in prison; to jail someone
• dialysis: (Medical) taking waste from blood if kidneys are damaged
• bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers