Vocabulary unit 1-6

• Bigotry


  Intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself
• Misconception


  A mistaken idea
• Straightforward


  Direct and clear
• Unheard of


  Never having happened before
• Outlook


  Point of view
• Open-minded


  Willing to accept new ideas
• Rude


  Not polite
• Tend to be


  Likely to, be prone to
• Narrow-minded


  Unwilling to accept or try to understand ideas that are new or different
• Manners


  Appropriate ways of behaving, speaking, and dressing in a culture
• Awkward


  Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
• Overwhelming


  Very great in amount
• Untouched


  Not touched, not harmed
• Long for


  To want something very much
• Resentful


  Angry due to a feeling of being treated unfairly
• Heritage


  Legacy or tradition
• Fetch


  Go or come after and bring or take back
• Stay behind


  To not leave a place when other people leave
• Carry out


  To fulfill or perform (instructions / a duty / an order / a threat / a trial / etc.)
• Call on


  To visit
• Dress up


  Wear nice clothing
• Show off


  Behave to attract attention
• Stand up for


  To defend
• Make of


  To think of (opinion)
• Stick to


  Cling to, adhere to, continue
• Numb one's pain


  Relieve, calm down, reduce your suffering
• Come to terms with


  To gradually accept a situation
• Ordinary


  Normal, common
• Come what may


  Whatever happens
• Catch my eye


  Attract your attention
• Caught by surprise


  Being surprised
• Get on my nerves

  Annoy me
• Catch a cold


  To get a cold
• Fall into place


  To become clear
• Lose sleep over


  To worry about something
• Lose count of


  Not remember how many
• To fall out of favour (idiom)


  To no longer be supported or preferred
• Vessel


  A ship or large boat
• Trip over


  Fall because you hit an obstacle
• Slipping


  Moving as on a slippery surface