vocabulary list Flashcards
participant
a person who is taking part in an activity or ae event
to face up to
to accept and deal with th that is difficult or unpleasant
to benefit
to be useful to sb or improve their life in some way
to push too hard
to exaggerate
literacy
the ability to read and write
opponent
a person that you are playing or fighting against in a game, a competition, argument.
to revise
to prepare for a test/exam by looking again at work that you have done
beneficial
having a helpful or useful effect
besides
in addition to sth
elderly
used as a polite word for ‘old’
to enter a competition
to put your name on the list for competition or race
to respond
to do sth as a reaction to sth/ro react
to take up
to learn or to start to do sth, especially for pleasure
brain
the organ inside the head that controls movement, thought, memory and feeling
core
the central, or most important, part of something
to stick
to become fixed in one position and impossible to move
to flex
to bend
to turn sth/sb down
to reject or refuse to consider an offer, a proposal, etc.
to get out of breath
to find it difficult to breathe
to take on
to employ sb
to stay on task
to remain focused
to enter a room
to go into a room
contest
a competition in which people try to win sth
to go jogging
the activity of running slowly as a form of exercise
randomised
not prearranged
on the move
while physically moving
to boost
to make sth increase or become better or more successful
attention span
the length of time you can concentrate
to turn down the volume
to reduce the noise produced by a piece of equipment
to test sb/yourself
to find out how much you know or what you can do
