Vocabulary

• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at least: As a minimum
• in places: In some locations but not others
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• set up
• compulsory education: Education that is required by law to be attended by all children.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• check out
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• instinct: Natural way of thinking; intuition
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• urge: A strong desire for something
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• decade: Period of 10 years
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• inherent: Existing as an essential part of
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• sabotage: To destroy or damage, often secretly, to weaken
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• mediocrity: Ordinariness; being boring because just average
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• deviate: To do something unusual or different; depart from
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• peer: A noble, but not royal, person, e.g. lord or duke
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• penalty: Negative effect resulting from your actions
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
• dictionary: Book with the spellings and meanings of many words
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• relentlessly: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• token: Flat, round piece of material used e.g. as coins
• reciprocity: Equal give and take relationship between people
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• altruistic: Selfless concern for the well-being of others
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• altruism: Selfless concern for the well-being of others
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing