Vocabulary

• pay up: To pay money that you owe
• lead to: To result in some action
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• phase in: To start using or doing things gradually
• live up: To be as good as expected or promised.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• strike: To hit something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• efficient: Able to produce results without waste
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• century: Period of 100 years
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• mighty: Having great strength or great size
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
• spur: To make your horse go faster
• great: Very good; better than before
• merchant: Someone who buys and sells goods
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• price: Person's name
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• bc: Before Christ; used after dates/years