Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• grapple with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• check out
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• prominent: Being important or well known
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• resentment: Feeling of anger because of unfair treatment
• etiquette: Rules regarding manners or good behavior
• financial: Involving money
• dull: Not exciting or interesting; boring; lifeless
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• ego: Opinion you have about yourself and your worth
• arrogant: Rude, from belief you are better than others
• savvy: Wise; Not easily fooled; Street smart
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• endless: Having or appearing to have no end
• wicked: Morally bad; evil
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• attraction: Theme park or fairground; place worth visiting
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• collision: Act of crashing into someone or something else
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• clumsy: Moving or doing things awkwardly
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• gossip: To talk about others' private lives
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• protagonist: Main character in a story
• pragmatic: Dealing with problems reasonably and practically
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• rug: Small carpet; material used to cover a floor
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• witty: Making a joke in a clever or intelligent way
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• quiet: Hidden, or done in a private way
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• sly: Cleverly hiding the true purpose
• lofty: Having high goals
• tumultuous: Chaotic
• decode: To translate from code into the plain text
• hypocrisy: When one decries a thing while doing it themselves
• love: Person's name
• write: To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
• friend: Person who you like and enjoy being with
• reader: Easy and simple book to teach people to read
• nineteenth: 19th