Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• break the ice: To say or do something to relieve tension or awkwardness, especially at the start of a conversation or meeting.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• meet the demand: To supply enough of something that people want or need.
• cog in the machine: A minor part in a large organization or system.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• on to: Toward something; forward
• clock in: To record the time of one's arrival at work, typically using a time clock.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• empathy: Understanding how other people feel/suffer
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• evolve: To develop certain features
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• coincidence: Occurrence by chance, not design or planned
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• evolution: Theory that living things change over time
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• fill: To make something full
• notification: Act of giving formal or official information
• reinvent: To present something in a new and interesting way
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• simplicity: Being easy to understand or use
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• seamless: Flowing; uninterrupted
• recreation: Activities done for pleasure or to relax
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• cog: Toothed wheel fitting into others to turn machines
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• humankind: All of the living human inhabitants of the earth
• outdate: To be older than