Vocabulary

• wear the trousers: To have control or dominate in a relationship.
• quiz question: A question asked in a quiz to test someone's knowledge.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• name after: To give someone or something the same name as another person or thing, often to honor them.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• such as: For example; like
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in favour of
• check out
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• throne: Special elaborate chair on which king/queen sits
• attach: To be associated or connected with
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• replace: To use instead of something else
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• feminine: Concerning or relating to females
• person: Man, woman or child
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• forbid: To order someone not to do something
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• legally: In a way that is allowed by or related to laws
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• favour: What someone asks of you; helpful act; a kindness
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• live: To be alive
• unit: One apartment in a building
• maiden: Being the earliest or first
• buddhist: Someone who follows the teachings of Buddha
• unfair: not treating people in an equal way, or not morally right
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• hyphen: A dash put between words, e.g. wide-bodied
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• surname: Your family name
• duchess: Wife or widow of a duke
• unseen: Not having been seen or able to be seen