Vocabulary

• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• on the fence: Undecided; wavering between two options.
• on occasion: Sometimes, but not regularly.
• scratch up: To damage a surface by scratching it.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• check out
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• cuddle: To hold in your arms to show love or care for
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• intimidate: To make someone feel afraid
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• military: Army or armed forces
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• huge: Very very large
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• fulfillment: Feeling of satisfaction from achieving something
• relieve: To make less boring by making some change
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• fur: Hairy coat of an animal
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• part: Division of a book
• maternal: Of mothers or being a mother
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• beetle: Insect with a hard, usually black body and 8 legs
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers