Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• intellectual tasks: Activities that require a high degree of cognitive ability, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• carry out
• blissfully unaware: Completely unaware and happy because of it; in a state of ignorance that brings happiness.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• in tandem: (Of two people/organizations) working together
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• turn in: To produce or achieve a good performance
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• wipe out: To destroy or be destroyed
• of itself: Happening automatically without external cause or help.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• positive impact: A beneficial or advantageous effect.
• bring about: To cause to happen
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• equivalent: Equal to something in value, use or meaning
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• prominent: Being important or well known
• align: To arrange (e.g. objects) in line with one another
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• cruise: To easily achieve
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• vivid: Having very clear details and seeming to be real
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• huge: Very very large
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• glorious: (Of a hero, achievements) deserving praise and awe
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• frantic: Frenzied; wild with excitement, worry etc.
• workforce: The total number of working people
• fictional: Including people and events that are not real
• devise: To think of and plan something
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• utopia: Imagined perfect society
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• revert: To return to the original owner again
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• obedient: Doing what someone tell you to; submissive
• successor: Person who takes over the position of another
• tandem: A bicycle with two sets of pedals and saddles
• compliant: Willing to obey, follow the wishes of others
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• superhuman: Above or beyond human power or endurance
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer
• lite: Low-fat or low-sugar version of the original food