Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• medical center: A facility providing comprehensive healthcare services, including diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
• average down: To reduce the average price of holdings by buying more shares cheaply.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• apparently: According to what you heard; from what can be seen
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• compound: Series of buildings that are walled or fenced off
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• factor: Something that influences a result
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• prestige: High respect and status, as from being successful
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• physician: A medical doctor
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• equate: To consider things to be equal or the same
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• live: To be alive
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• chapel: Room to hold religious services
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• countdown: Counting backward to zero to show the time left
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• geographic: Concerning the earth and its natural features
• providence: Force believed to control or protect our lives
• arbor: Arch-like shelter supporting climbing plants
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area