Vocabulary

• to the touch: When tested or sensed by physical contact.
• account of: A spoken or written description of an event.
• lay out: To show or explain your plans carefully
• face up to: To gather your courage to deal with (a problem)
• put up with: To suffer (a difficult thing) without complaining
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• anything other than: Except for; not including
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• almost all of: Nearly the entire quantity or number of something.
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• set off: To start a journey
• at least: As a minimum
• book on: A book about a particular subject.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• inherently: As an essential part of
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• solitude: State of preferring to be alone
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• proximity: State of being near or close to something
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• vicinity: Surrounding or nearby region; proximity
• implicit: Unquestioning and without doubt
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• compatible: Able to get on or be used well together
• tender: Gentle; with great care or consideration
• landscape: Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• naive: Unsophisticated; innocent and unknowing
• plausible: Being reasonable and possibly true
• poignant: Having the effect of making you feel sad/moved
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• vaguely: In a vague way; not fully
• dwell: To live in a certain place
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• narcissistic: Admiring yourself excessively
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• daily: Happening every day
• loneliness: State of feeling sad because you are alone
• bliss: Great joy or happiness
• person: Man, woman or child
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• porn: Short for pornography
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• compatibility: Ability to get on (or be used) well together
• pierce: Person's name
• precondition: Condition that must be done before other things
• malleability: (Substance) easily changed into a new shape
• pang: Sudden and strong sense of pain or hunger