Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• act on: To have an effect on something.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• make the cut: To succeed in being selected from a larger group.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• evolve: To develop certain features
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• impressive: Causing admiration or respect; grand or expensive
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• rigorous: Very strict and often difficult; thorough
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• renaissance: Period of intense activity in art and science
• motivate: To give someone a reason, the will to do something
• congestion: Excessive accumulation of blood/fluid in the body
• convert: To switch from a religion, belief etc. to another
• entertainment: Act or process of providing service for someone
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• facade: False front of a particularly impressive building
• notch: Certain level (slightly higher or lower than)
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• relic: Valuable, ancient thing or work of art
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• hub: Center of action or interest
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• public: Owned by the government
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• concert: Musical entertainment performed in public
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• rugby: Game played by two teams with an oval ball
• neon: Gaseous element used in electric lamps and signs