Vocabulary

• speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• hold on: To wait for someone (e.g. on a phone call)
• pin down: To force someone to clarify their opinion
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• material: Cloth; fabric
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• convey: To carry or transport something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• distinctive: Having a quality that is different from others
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• preserve: To cook food so it can be kept for long periods
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• laundry: Business or room to wash bed sheets, clothes etc.
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• dedication: Addressing book, song to someone to show respect
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• harmony: Pleasing, attractive combination of parts, things
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• century: Period of 100 years
• serene: Very calm or peaceful
• eloquent: Able to speak expressively or convincingly
• worship: Acts of respect and honor to God or a god
• grace: Dignified polite behavior, as when things go badly
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• constellation: Group of things or people that are similar
• inhabitant: Someone living in an area or place
• devotion: Strong love or attachment; a commitment to
• intermittent: Occurring at irregular times; off and on
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• grandiose: Seeming to be impressive, but not very practical
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• live: To be alive
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• quietly: In a quiet manner; making little sound or fuss
• cutlery: Tableware implements for cutting and eating food
• need: To be unable to manage without something; require
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• supernatural: Being unable to be explained by natural causes
• idea: Belief, thought, suggestion, opinion or plan
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• small: Little in size; not big
• bc: Before Christ; used after dates/years