Vocabulary Builder

Admire means to look at someone or something with pleasure or respect.

Attention is the act of focusing carefully on something.

Beat means to defeat someone in a competition or to hit repeatedly.

Bleach is a chemical used to make things white or clean, or to make something lighter in color.

Blood vessel is a tube in the body through which blood flows.

Computerized means controlled by or using a computer.

Confidence is a feeling of trust in yourself.

Contest is a competition where people try to win.

Crack is the act of breaking something.

Damage is physical harm that makes something less valuable or useful.

Deadline is the latest time by which something must be finished.

Deal with means to solve a problem.

Decision is a choice made after thinking.

Device is an object made for a specific purpose, often electronic.

Easy-going means relaxed and not easily upset.

English-speaking means able to speak English.

Experiment refers to a scientific test to learn something new.

Expert is a person with special knowledge in a subject.

Fail means to not succeed in something.

Five-star describes something of a very high standard.

Flip means to turn over quickly.

Full-time refers to working the whole standard number of hours.

Give in means to stop resisting.

Good-looking means attractive in appearance.

Hobby is an activity done for enjoyment.

Instructor is a person who teaches a skill.

Intelligence is the ability to learn and understand.

Leader is a person who guides a group.

Left-handed describes using the left hand more easily than the right.

Make an effort means to try hard to do something.

Manage means to control something successfully.

Marshmallow is a soft, sweet food.

Measure means to determine the size or amount of something.

Multitask means to do many things at the same time.

Observe means to watch carefully.

On impulse means doing something suddenly without thinking.

Overcook means to cook for too long.

Overpriced means costing too much money.

Panel is a group of people discussing or judging something.

Participant is a person who takes part in something.

Passion is a strong feeling for something.

Patient describes being able to wait calmly.

Pleasant describes giving a sense of happiness.

Polite describes showing good manners.

Precise means exact and accurate.

Professional is related to a job or career.

Resist means to fight against something.

Respect means to show consideration for someone.

Responsibility is a duty that you are expected to do.

Result is an outcome of an action.

Reward is something given for good work.

Rise to the challenge means to successfully deal with a difficult situation.

Rub means to move something over a surface with pressure.

Sandpaper is rough paper used to smooth a surface.

Schedule is a plan of activities.

Scientifically proven means confirmed by scientific methods.

Second-hand describes something used before by someone else.

Set goals means to decide what you want to achieve.

Shocked means very surprised or disturbed.

Short-sleeved describes having short sleeves.

Spare means extra, or to give something you don’t need.

Stress is a feeling of pressure from difficult situations.

Stressful describes causing stress or worry.

Sweat means to produce liquid from the skin when you are hot or nervous.

Symptom is a sign of illness.

Take part in means to participate in something.

Take responsibility means to accept duty for something.

Talk means to speak with someone.

Technique is a method of doing something.

Temptation is the desire to do something, especially wrong.

Think ahead means to plan for the future.

Turn up means to appear or arrive unexpectedly.

Van is a large vehicle for carrying goods or people.

Work hard means to put a lot of effort into a task.

Work well under pressure means to do a good job when there is stress.