Vocabulary

• stack up: To compare with something else; measure up.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• forge ahead: To make strong and steady progress; to move forward with determination.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• to a degree: Partially; somewhat.
• above average
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in a bubble: Living isolated from reality or outside events.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• esteem: Feeling of respect or admiration regarding someone
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• spot: A certain place or area
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• initially: At first; originally
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• grasp: Person's control over something
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• delusion: False belief despite evidence to the contrary
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• competent: Fully qualified or capable of doing
• tournament: Sports contest with many games to find a winner
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• feedback: A response or opinion, about a service, etc.
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• forge: To create something by hammering hot metal
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
• great: Very good; better than before
• incompetence: Lack of skill or ability to do a task successfully
• proverb: A saying that gives advice