Vocabulary

• dress up: To put on your best clothes, e.g. for a party
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• for instance: As an example.
• at first glance: Upon initial observation or assessment.
• to let: Indicates that a property is available for rent.
• dig in: To start eating eagerly and enthusiastically.
• break out
• revolve around: To have something as a main subject or purpose.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• track down: To find out where someone is; hunt; chase
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• imitate: To act, speak like someone or something else
• exaggerate: To makes things seem more extreme than reality
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• sarcastic: Being rude and critical
• slang: Words or phrases used in a very informal way
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• portrait: Picture of a person's head and shoulders
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• glance: Quick or temporary look at
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• feat: Impressive act showing courage or skill
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• cheesy: Being of poor quality or in bad taste; not sincere
• respond: To answer something or someone
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• punctuation: Marks used in piece of writing, such as ? ; and !
• literature: Writing valued as art, e.g. fiction, drama, poetry
• affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• pilgrimage: Journey to a sacred place
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• censor: To remove inappropriate material from books, films
• devotion: Strong love or attachment; a commitment to
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• shovel: Long tool used for digging; type of spade
• bloom: To flower; to produce flowers
• vividly: In a strongly, bright, lively or colorful manner
• live: To be alive
• impenetrable: Incapable of being penetrated or pierced
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• depress: To make someone feel sad or miserable
• chapter: Small local group forming part of a larger one
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• true: Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• jewish
• seat: To have seats available for a number of people
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed