Vocabulary

• gender equality: The state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender.
• the disadvantaged: People who lack the resources or opportunities that others have.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• the leading cause: The most significant or primary reason for something.
• at least: As a minimum
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• nurture: Care and support given to people as they develop
• indispensable: Being essential and hard to live without
• statistic: Number that represents a piece of information
• education: Academic field studying the practice of teaching
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• alive: Living; not dead
• great: Very good; better than before
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• pillar: Tall strong post that supports a building
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• maternal: Of mothers or being a mother
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• empowerment: Giving the power to make their own decisions
• vividly: In a strongly, bright, lively or colorful manner
• live: To be alive
• cornerstone: Stone at the outer corner of two joining walls
• can: Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• honorary: (Of a title) give as a reward, without real duties
• brilliance: Great amount of skill or intelligence
• afterthought: Addition not included in the original plan
• trimester: Period of three months, especially in pregnancy
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• heartbreak: Great sorrow caused by e.g. death of loved one
• underrepresented: Insufficient amount of support or representation
• thrice: Three times