Vocabulary 1
Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.
Prejudice
able to move well or quickly
agile
physical education or gym class
P.E.
A large room with seats as in a theater.
Auditorium
unhappiness, shock
Dismay
to enjoy or to be thankful for
Appreciate
hope, desire
Expectation
hurried, fast, excited
Eager
fragile, easily broken
delicate
taking a lot of time
Time consuming
collect, find (sometimes used to try to get courage to do or say something)
Muster
a synonym for importance
Significance
a combination of events that happens by chance but seems arranged or planned.
Coincidence
choose to leave one's job
Resign
to make false, change to say something untrue
Falsify
pride
Dignity
study, schoolwork
Scholarship
A feeling of great energy due to the warm weather of spring.
Spring fever
A student, typically having the highest academic achievements of the class, who delivers a speech at a graduation ceremony.
Valedictorian
without one's mind on the task, thinking about other things
Absent-mindedly
A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
Privilege
complained, spoken unclearly or quietly
Muttered
very thin
Gaunt
A chemical that the body makes when a person is very excited: it gives a boost of energy.
Adrenaline
To listen in on another person's conversation
Eavesdrop