Vocabulary

• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• in honor of: To show respect and admiration for someone or something.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• on the way: During the journey to a particular place.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• address: Exact street location of a place
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• respect: To follow the established rules
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• reserve: To arrange for a room or table be kept for you
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• predecessor: Something that comes before another in a series
• index: Number showing how prices, wages changed over time
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• great: Very good; better than before
• lump: Small swollen mass in body, e.g. showing disease
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• tally: To count or reckon up; to score a point
• dividend: Money given to the owners of stock in a company
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• allocate: To distribute or set apart for a plan or purpose
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• poise: Way of behaving with confidence/emotional control
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation