Vocabulary

• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• blend of: A mixture of different things combined together.
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• have to: Must do
• tv show: A television program.
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• for best: An expression meaning ‘it is better to’ or ‘to do something for the best outcome’.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• turn on
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• longest time: The greatest duration of time.
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• see about: To look into or arrange something.
• get here: To arrive at a specific location.
• push the envelope: To go beyond the limits of what is normally done; to innovate.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• accent: To give emphasis to (a point you are making)
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• prominent: Being important or well known
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• feasible: Possible; that you can believe will work/succeed
• expire: To breathe out
• role: Character played by an actor
• monologue: Long speech given by one person, often in a play
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• representation: Depicting objects, figures, or scenes as seen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• reunion: Act of people meeting after being apart
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• screen: To hide or block something from being seen
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• person: Man, woman or child
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• fictional: Including people and events that are not real
• ignorance: Lack of information or knowledge about something
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• vagina: Lower part of the female reproductive tract
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• cricket: Sport played by two teams hitting a ball with bats
• envelope: Paper cover you put around a letter to mail it
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• disproportionate: Not equal or in balance
• orphan: Child whose parents have died
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• juggle: To entertain by throwing and catching balls, etc.
• main: Most important; most often used
• broaden: To make something wider
• tightrope: Wire high in the air on which acrobats perform
• humorous: Being funny or causing someone to laugh
• ham: Smoked meat from leg of a pig, often eaten cold
• underrepresented: Insufficient amount of support or representation
• oscar: Annual award given in the movie industry
• shah: Title given to the monarch of Iran