Vocabulary

• of late: Recently; lately.
• in on: To be involved in a secret or plan.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• such as: For example; like
• compared with: In relation to
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• huge: Very very large
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• sharp: Person's name
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• attract: To make something move closer using magnetic force
• stimulus: Something that causes a change
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• acceptance: Act of accepting; agreement to accept
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• resistant: Not affected by something
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• purely: For no other reason; only and completely
• speculative: Not based on sure knowledge; based on intuition
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• opaque: Hard to see through; cloudy
• price: Person's name
• crypto: One who covertly supports a certain doctrine, group, or party.
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• hunger: Strong desire or need
• late: At a time after the expected time
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• high: Excited or relaxed from taking drugs
• win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
• big: Popular