Vocabulary

• ancient history: The study of the distant past, from the earliest humans through the first great civilizations.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• sit down: To take a seat
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• clean up after: To tidy or remove mess left by oneself or others.
• rug up: To dress warmly, especially in cold weather.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• tap on: To touch someone or something gently and usually repeatedly, often to attract attention.
• on the button: Exactly right; perfectly.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• interfere: To get involved in something not your business
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• seek: To ask someone for help
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• respect: To follow the established rules
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• chemistry: The study of the structure of substances
• rug: Small carpet; material used to cover a floor
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• hockey: Sport played on a field with sticks and a ball
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• rink: A ice playing area for ice hockey or curling
• skate: Flat sea fish
• ping: To make a high sharp sound, as bullet hitting rock
• cameraman: Man who operates movie cameras as a job
• pong: To smell badly
• lunchtime: The time you eat your midday meal
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet