Vocabulary

• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• for days: For a long period of time; lasting several days.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• on a roll: Experiencing a period of success or good luck.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• dread: To await with great fear
• puberty: Stage of life when you become sexually mature
• freak: (Of weather, etc.) unusual; unpredictable; amazing
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• blow: To move something using air
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• scope: Opportunity for action or thought
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• carpet: Colored floor covering made of wool, etc.
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• hump: Rounded mass, like that on the back of a camel
• roll: Small, round piece of bread for one person to eat
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• holy: Being good according to religious standards
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• replace: To use instead of something else
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• upright: Having good moral standards; of good character
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• alive: Living; not dead
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• burn: To destroy with fire
• truth: Real facts about something
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• mermaid: Creature with top half a woman, bottom half a fish
• pirate: To copy or sell a product illegally
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• weak: Not having a strong character
• virgin: Someone who did not do a thing before; first timer
• heir: Person to receive power or money when someone dies
• prisoner: Someone kept in a prison as punishment for a crime
• plead: To ask or beg for something in an urgent way
• chant: To repeat a word or groups of words continuously
• ivory: Hard cream-colored substance forming tusks
• sever: To cut off
• hunk: An attractive man, e.g. with lots of muscles
• jasmine: Plant producing flowers and a sweet smell
• colosseum: Large round sports stadium with tiered seats
• hamlet: Very small village
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers
• tee: Small object used to hit a golf ball from
• mane: Long hair around face or neck of lions and horses
• jew: One of a people whose religion is Judaism
• rump: Part of an animal's back over the back legs
• bod: Alternative names for the body of a human being
• sharia: Islamic code of laws