Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• increasingly assertive: Becoming more and more confident in stating opinions and making demands.
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in heat: (Of a female mammal) ready to mate.
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• melt down: To heat a solid material, especially metal, until it becomes liquid.
• set up
• right in front: Directly ahead; in a position immediately before someone or something.
• paid off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• knock out: To hit and make unconscious
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• the lion's share: The largest or greatest part of something.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• conduct: Your behavior
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• assertive: Being confident and sure of yourself
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• fulfill: To finish or provide something successfully
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• treasure: Valuable things collected, and often hidden
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• fold: To bend one part of something against another
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• liquid: (Of wealth) being able to be spent as cash
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• melt: To disappear or to go away
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• efficiently: In a way that does not create waste
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
• reliance: State of being dependent on something for help
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• intertwine: To wind together; to cause to be wound together
• precarious: Not secure; likely to fall over/off; dangerous
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• dissipation: Bad or immoral living, e.g. drinking
• motherboard: Main circuit board of a computer