Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• account: An advantage
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• workforce: The total number of working people
• improvement: Addition or change that makes something better
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• part: Division of a book
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• tech: Shortened form of 'technology' or 'technician'
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• datum: Item of factual information
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• overseas: In or to a foreign country that is across a sea
• overtime: Extra time in a sports game
• mix: To combine two or more things to make one