Vocabulary

• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• under fire: Being heavily criticized.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• buy: To believe something; accept
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• sell: To exchange something for money
• Double: Person that is exactly like someone else
• free: Living, happening without being controlled
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• teen: Teenager
• quit: To leave a job
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• base: Place military personnel live, train, and operate
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• ink: Liquid found in pens
• electronic: Operating by use of electricity; digital
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• publish: To prepare and make available a book magazine etc.
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• harmless: Being unable to cause damage or injury; safe
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• legally: In a way that is allowed by or related to laws
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• practically: Nearly, almost, or in effect
• disturbing: To cause someone anxiety or fear
• junk: Something that is old, useless, or has no value
• actively: Doing things to achieve a specific goal
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• addictive: Being powerless to stop doing or using something
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• emit: To release or send out (a gas, etc.)
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
• vapor: Tiny droplets or pieces of some substance spread thinly throughout the air
• marketing: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• glycol: Sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent; any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
• misleading: To make someone have the wrong idea about a thing
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• multi: A prefix meaning 'many' or 'more than one'