to use something for your own benefit

excellent, or beautiful and impressive

unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way

to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something

an effort or attempt to do something

to avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something

the act or process of becoming smaller

behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person

a natural ability or skill

to hate something or someone

having or using good judgment; reasonable

to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful

deserving of trust, or able to be trusted

careful not to take risks

to end or stop, or to cause something to end or stop

to cause something to be done or progress more quickly

an amount of money, time, or effort that is spent

the pleasant feeling you get when you receive something you wanted

to use a lot of effort to defeat someone, prevent something, or achieve something

the income that a government or company receives regularly

to make a bad situation worse

to make pain or problems less severe

to get rid of or destroy something completely

an amount that is more than is needed

very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot of attention

needing careful treatment, especially because easily damaged

 found particularly in a specific area or group

invented and not true or not existing

relating to a person's own country

 intended to correct or improve something, esp. skills

existing very commonly or happening often

very exciting to look at

the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life

too slight or small in amount to be important

to reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in lengt

lasting only a short time or containing few words