Vocabulary

• set up
• pull down: To destroy an old building; demolish
• such as: For example; like
• shrink back: To recoil or pull back due to fear or hesitation.
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• due to: Because of; owing to
• finish out: To complete the remainder of a period before stopping.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• move to: To change the place where you live or work.
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• next to: Being located along side another
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• instance: An example of something; case
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• default: Automatic setting when no indicated preference
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• spike: The top point in a graph
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• shrink: To become smaller
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• virtual: Existing only on the internet or on a computer
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• console: To make someone feel better in times of distress
• option: A choice
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• elastic: Able to return to original shape after stretching
• click: To work well with someone or something
• leave: To go away from; depart
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• assign: To give someone a particular job to do
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• vertical: (Of a line, etc.) going up and down; not horizontal
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• usage: Amount something is used
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• horizontal: Concerning the horizon
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• configuration: A shape or outline; a method of arrangement
• conveyor: Person who conveys (carries or transmits)
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• terminate: To bring something to and end or finish
• browser: Software that lets you search for information
• snapshot: A photograph, especially an informal one
• reboot: To shut down and start a computer again
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• catalog: Book of items that are available for purchase
• horizontally: In a flat or level direction
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• checkout: Counter in a supermarket where you pay for goods
• ram: Heavy device used to break through a door by force
• cashier: Person whose job is taking money in a store, etc.
• automation: Use of machines to do tasks once done by people
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• clone: To make an exact copy of a living thing
• configure: To construct or arrange in a certain way
• spinner: Board with a spinning arrow used in some games