Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the verge of: Very near to doing or experiencing something.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• wipe out: To destroy or be destroyed
• just kind of: Used to express a feeling or state in a vague or hesitant way.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• compared with: In relation to
• get about: To go out a lot; travel widely
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• down the road: At a future time; in the future.
• order in: To request food from a restaurant to be delivered to one's home or other location.
• such as: For example; like
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• address: Exact street location of a place
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• define: To explain the meaning of words
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• rigid: Stiff rather than flexible
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• exaggeration: Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• pessimistic: Having negative feelings about the future
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• verge: Brink or threshold
• workforce: The total number of working people
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• complementary: Working well together; completing something
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• datum: Item of factual information
• nest: Home, e.g. of twigs, made by a bird, insect etc.
• uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
• turnover: the rate at which employees leave a company and are replaced by new people
• beneficiary: Person who benefits from something
• dignify: To raise the respect and status of
• retiree: Someone who has retired from active working
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject