Vocabulary

• start up: A newly established business.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• for the loss: Concerning or because of a defeat or loss.
• experienced in: Having skill or knowledge as a result of experience.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• for someone: On behalf of or intended for a particular person.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
• feel sorry for: To experience sympathy or pity for someone.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• material: Cloth; fabric
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• atmosphere: Air around us
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• decade: Period of 10 years
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• catastrophe: Very bad disaster causing much suffering, etc.
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• address: Exact street location of a place
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• grasp: Person's control over something
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• deprive: To deny someone access to or take away something
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• envious: Wishing you had what someone else has
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• great: Very good; better than before
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• elevate: To make something higher
• intolerable: Unbearable; so that you cannot suffer any more
• bestseller: Book or other product selling in large numbers