Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• perceptions of: Ideas, beliefs, or images you have as a result of how you see or understand something.
• come on in: An invitation to enter a place.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• create with: To use specific tools, materials, or techniques in the process of creating something.
• economic collapse: A severe and prolonged downturn in economic activity.
• stand up with: To support or defend someone or something.
• in terms of
• turn into: To change to become something else
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• evolve: To develop certain features
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• culinary: Concerned with cooking
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• afford: To make available, to provide
• cuisine: Certain style or technique of cooking
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• identity: Collection of qualities that makes a person
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• mentor: Experienced or wise person who advises others
• delicacy: Something pleasing because of its good taste
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• eternity: A very long time; forever
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• coast: Land near the sea or ocean
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• own: To have something as your property
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• vulgar: Being rude or socially inappropriate
• restaurant: Place where you can order, buy and eat a meal
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• bud: Small part of a plant that will be a flower
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• truffle: Expensive black edible fungi
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• artisanal: Of products made skillfully by hand
• queer: Offensive term for a gay person
• paint: To make a picture with colored liquids
• profanity: Language considered to be foul and offensive
• conquest: Land or a nation won or taken by force, an army
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• close: Almost; near
• church: Building where Christians gather and pray to God
• phoenix: Mythical bird that was burned but rose from ashes
• margarita: Cocktail made of tequila, triple sec and lime
• barrio: Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city