Vocabulary

• cut down: To reduce your use of something
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• such as: For example; like
• on display: In a place where something can be seen by the public.
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• incorporate: To form into a company or business corporation
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• ambitious: Having the desire to be successful in life, work
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• brew: A beer; a drink of beer
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• recognition: Accepting that something is true or that it exists
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• require: To demand that someone does something
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• emission: A substance (e.g. gas) released into the air
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• business: A company formed for making profit
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• aggressively: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• showcase: Cabinet to display objects or goods for sale
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• dry: (Of humor) clever, but not obvious; ironic
• expo: Large often worldwide exhibition
• intercity: Going from one city to another