Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• at least: As a minimum
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the basis of: Because of; using as a reason or justification.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• mental: Concerning the mind
• illusion: Idea, image or impression that is not correct
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• consider: To think carefully about something
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• flaw: Quality that makes something imperfect
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• obese: Fat over a long period, so harming your health
• gender: State of being male or female
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• fame: (Person, thing) being well-known by many people
• supposedly: As some people believe (shows you doubt it)
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• century: Period of 100 years
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• embodiment: The perfect example of a concept; personification
• hump: Rounded mass, like that on the back of a camel
• point: An item to be discussed
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• synonym: Word that has the same meaning as another word
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• correspond: To have similarity or equality with something
• inaccurate: Not correct, accurate, or true
• undergraduate: A college student studying for their first degree
• skew: To affect data making them incorrect or inaccurate
• overweight: Weighing more than a normal or allowed amount