Vocabulary

• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• rational: Able to think clearly
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• counterintuitive: Contrary to what common sense would suggest
• renowned: Widely known and esteemed
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• advice: Suggestion about what would help someone
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• radically: Completely or extremely
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• soak: To make something completely wet
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• important: Having power or authority
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• pedestal: Support or base as for a pillar or statue
• unconventional: Not acting according to normal accepted rules
• thoughtful: Concerned about needs and feelings of other people
• business: A company formed for making profit
• edition: Form in which a book, magazine etc. is released
• insightful: Displaying clear and deep understanding
• ascend: To rise, go up to a higher level
• siren: Device that produces loud warning sounds; alarm
• knowledge: Information, understanding, or skill
• keep: Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
• special: Being additional or extra
• outstanding: Being better/distinct from others; specially good
• broaden: To make something wider
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• illuminated: To supply light to something
• chapter: Small local group forming part of a larger one
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• distil: To collect the pure form by heating liquid