Vocabulary

• make or break: Capable of ensuring success or causing failure.
• from the first: From the very beginning.
• lock in: To secure something, such as a price or deal, for a specific period.
• narrow down: To reduce the number of possibilities or choices.
• in time: Eventually; after a period of time.
• final stretch: The last part of something; the concluding phase.
• on paper: In theory or as a plan, but not necessarily in reality.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• break even: To neither make a profit nor a loss
• conversation skills: The ability to communicate effectively and engage in meaningful exchanges with others.
• follow through: To fulfill a promise
• complete with: Having something as an extra part or feature.
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• compassionate: Feeling sympathy for people who are suffering
• initial: First letter of your given name
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• subsequent: Happening after; later
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• mediocre: Average; not outstanding; not very good
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• cram: To add more to something that is already full
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• quantity: A large amount of something
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• tuition: Money that is paid for lessons
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• merit: To earn something, such as praise or a reward
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• semester: Half or a third of a school or college year
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• rejection: Decision that something is not good enough
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• land: Region or country
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• rank: To rate or class things
• sophomore: Someone in second year in high school or college
• extracurricular: Outside the regular academic curriculum
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• story: One of many floors or levels in a building
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college