Vocabulary

• off the charts: Extremely high or impressive; beyond normal measurement or scale.
• genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
• in the works: Being planned or prepared; in progress.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• such as: For example; like
• improve upon: To make something better than it already is; to enhance or build upon an existing thing.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• answer to: To be responsible to someone and have to explain your actions to them.
• interact with
• not limited to: Including something but also allowing other things; not restricted to.
• brush up: To improve your knowledge, skill, or memory of
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• pitch: To suggest a product, idea to make someone buy
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• account: An advantage
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• foster: To raise a child who is not yours, for payment
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• dive: Restaurant, bar or club with a bad reputation
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• daily: Happening every day
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
• confine: To hold or imprison someone in a place
• datum: Item of factual information
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• deactivate: To stop a machine, service etc. from operating
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• copycat: Someone who copies the words/behavior of another
• delete: To remove or erase something
• unlock: To use a key or code to open something
• pom: Rude Australian term for a British person