VIP Class Notes (Jesse)

Vocabulary

brutality / brutal (adj) – strong, aggressive, violent
eg. the lion brutally attacked the cat

orchestrate (v) – to organise sth / orchestra (n) – a well organised group of classical musicians

elaborate (v / adj)
eg. my students often say really short sentences but I want them to elaborate (v) – add detail
eg2. i live in a really elaborate apartment complex

get – keep – secure 

seize / seizing / seizure – to take by force

I had a seizure
my shoulder seized up 

seasoning – spices etc for cooking

reconcile (v)
reconciliation (n)
eg. the Australian government should reconcile with the native Australian people

scandal – a really big, trouble caused by doing sth bad
eg. The government official was caught up in a scandal because he paid some bribes