Vocabulary

• screw up: Spoken to make a big mistake
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• at scale: In large quantities; with significant reach or impact.
• blow up: To suddenly become angry
• aim at: To point or direct something, such as a weapon, towards a target.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• lose money: To suffer a financial loss; to not make a profit.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• at the helm: In a position of control or leadership.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in excess of: More than.
• at least: As a minimum
• cut in: To interrupt someone's conversation
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• have to: Must do
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• financial: Involving money
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• excess: Amount that is more than necessary or over a limit
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• universe: All of space that contains planets and stars
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• parallel: To be equal to, or like, something else
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• respond: To answer something or someone
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• business: A company formed for making profit
• bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
• philanthropic: Giving money to charity; charitable
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• allude: To refer to without mentioning it directly
• reinstate: To give someone back their previous job/position
• ferocity: Strength of an emotion or act; anger or cruelty
• unconstitutional: Not consistent with or according to a constitution
• buyout: Acquisition of a company by purchasing its stock
• doge: Formerly the chief magistrate in Venice and Genoa