Vocabulary

• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
• live through: To experience something difficult or painful and survive it.
• sphere of influence: A country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• fraction: Small part of something
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• physically: In a manner related to the body
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• account: An advantage
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• permanently: For a long time; always
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• countless: Being too many to be numbered or imagined
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• previously: At an earlier time
• shatter: To break into small pieces
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• trajectory: The path followed by a flying object
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• malaria: Disease caused by being bitten by a mosquito
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• person: Man, woman or child
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• impart: To give a certain quality to something or someone
• psyche: Soul, mind, or feelings of a person or group
• perish: Usually poetic to be destroyed; die
• smallpox: Contagious disease with pimples that leave scars
• imperialism: Political system in which one country rules others
• equitable: Fair for all people involved
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)
• configure: To construct or arrange in a certain way
• reincarnate: To be reborn after death