Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• of value: Having worth, importance, or usefulness.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• for free: Without charge; at no cost.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in summary: Briefly stating or reviewing main points.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• by now: At the present time or already; before the present.
• have been around: To have a lot of experience in life.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• express: To send something by fast mail
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• financial: Involving money
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• summary: Brief, complete and accurate
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• turtle: Animal that lives in water and has a hard shell
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services
• outdate: To be older than
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
• generational: Concerning people born at about the same time