Vocabulary

• on to: Toward something; forward
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• longest time: The greatest duration of time.
• going on: To continue doing something
• drift along: To move passively without a specific direction or purpose; to live without making plans or effort.
• inside jokes: Jokes that are only understood by a small group of people.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• such as: For example; like
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• pan out: (Of events) to happen as you expected them to
• in the long run: Eventually; over a long period of time.
• jump around: To move about restlessly or energetically; to leap or skip about.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• initially: At first; originally
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• initial: First letter of your given name
• underestimate: To make too low a guess of something's size, value
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• mundane: Being ordinary and therefore boring
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• resist: To not be affected by e.g. a force or an effect
• abundance: Quantity that is very large or more than enough
• require: To demand that someone does something
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• factor: Something that influences a result
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• drift: (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• patience: Ability to wait without being annoyed
• person: Man, woman or child
• hinder: To make something slow or difficult
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• great: Very good; better than before
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor