Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• have to: Must do
• except for: Not including; excluding.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• overwhelming majority: A very large majority; a majority that is so large as to be almost unanimous.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• go away: To go on vacation
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• work to do: Tasks or activities that need to be accomplished.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• being with: Accompanying someone; being in someone's presence.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• material: Cloth; fabric
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• poverty: State of being poor
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• circumstance: Condition or fact that affects a situation
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• despair: To have lost all hope; lose heart
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• shrink: To become smaller
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• adventure: An exciting and often dangerous experience
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• fulfillment: Feeling of satisfaction from achieving something
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• important: Having power or authority
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• oppression: Treatment of people to limit their freedom
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• monotonous: Lacking in variety; always the same, and so boring
• aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
• derive: To come from another thing
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• descriptive: Telling what something is like or looks like
• revolt: Protest against authority; fight to take control
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• cosmos: The universe
• automation: Use of machines to do tasks once done by people
• unfinished: Not yet ended; not complete; still being done