Vocabulary

• stave off: To keep something away; To repel
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• for instance: As an example.
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• instance: An example of something; case
• amount: Quantity of something
• decade: Period of 10 years
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• option: A choice
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• inadequate: Unsatisfactory; not good enough; not enough
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• person: Man, woman or child
• disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
• retirement: Time later in life when you stop working
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• salary: Money an employee is paid each month
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• shortage: A lack of something necessary
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• senior: Person who has usually reached a specific old age
• live: To be alive
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• stave: Wooden post used in structures and buildings