Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• share in: To participate in something; to have a part or interest in something.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• consistent: Agreeing with or being similar to another part
• spot: A certain place or area
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• vibrant: Having a lot of energy and being very active
• require: To demand that someone does something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• due: When something is required or expected
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• congestion: Excessive accumulation of blood/fluid in the body
• sink: To push something down into the ground
• urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• rush: To attack someone suddenly in a group
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• reliable: Being likely to be true; believable
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• pump: To make liquid or gas flow in a particular direction
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• live: To be alive
• happen: To take place or occur
• datum: Item of factual information
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• populous: Having a large population
• congest: To be or become very crowded
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want