Vocabulary

• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• past time: An activity done regularly for enjoyment; a hobby.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• long for: To have a strong desire or yearning for something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• in isolation: Separately from other people or things; alone.
• falling apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• bunch: A group of things of the same kind
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• poverty: State of being poor
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• express: To send something by fast mail
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• financial: Involving money
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• grammar: Book describing the syntactic rules of a language
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• section: A part of a whole
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• grain: Seeds of plants used for food
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• breed: Kind of / sort of
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• mold: Distinctive type of character or nature
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• point: An item to be discussed
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• imaginary: Not real; existing only in your imagination
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• complacent: Unconcerned, self-satisfied
• metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• statistical: Concerning the math of data
• newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
• revisit: To talk or think about something again
• modal: Verb like 'may' or 'can', showing a verb's mood
• loophole: Error when making rules allowing people to avoid
• dissect: To cut up plant or body into pieces to examine it
• apartheid: System that separated people on the basis of race
• arc: Smoothly curving line or movement
• dropout: One quitting school before graduation
• bless: To make something holy by saying a special prayer
• interconnect: To join or be joined together (computers/theories)