Vocabulary

• for instance: As an example.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• check out
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• kick back: To relax and enjoy oneself.
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• instance: An example of something; case
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• feast: Religious celebration
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• point: An item to be discussed
• kick: Feeling of enjoyment or excitement
• nutritional: (Of foods) having positive effects on your health
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• central: Being in the middle
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• award: To give a prize for doing something well
• daily: Happening every day
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• vegetarian: Being made from vegetables and not having any meat
• terrace: Flat area next to a building to sit and relax
• great: Very good; better than before
• village: Small town in the country
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• hall: Area just inside the entrance of a building
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• academically: In regard to teaching or learning
• happen: To take place or occur
• live: To be alive
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• canyon: Deep rock valley usually with flowing water
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• gym: Physical education taught as a class in school
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• dining: To eat
• hill: High land not as high as a mountain
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• vista: View as seen between rows of trees, buildings, etc.
• plaza: Open public space
• phone: To talk to someone using a telephone
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
• volleyball: Game of hitting ball over net using the hands
• outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building
• sushi: Rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
• holly: Tree with red berries, associated with Christmas