Vocabulary

• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• up in the air: Not yet decided or resolved; uncertain.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• go on: To continue doing something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• have to: Must do
• search for: To try to find someone or something.
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• come before: To happen or exist earlier in time than something else.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• detrimental: Harmful
• elusive: Difficult to find or catch
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• gradually: Occurring in a slow manner over a period of time
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• favor: Support or approval from people
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• affluent: Having plenty of money and possessions
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• recess: An area that is set back in a room or building
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• virtuous: Having moral goodness
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• business: A company formed for making profit
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• standoff: a situation in which no agreement can be reached
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• forget: To not remember something
• price: Person's name
• uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
• compress: To press tightly together
• unicorn: Horselike mythical animal with a horn on forehead
• renew: To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
• ray: Person's name
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services