Vocabulary

• on hold: Temporarily delayed or suspended.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• solid: Being able to be trusted; reliable
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• couple: To join something to something else
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• dip: To decrease or lower temporarily
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• medium: Method of expressing ideas or feelings
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• tumble: To fall downwards, hitting the ground a few times
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• outlook: General feeling or attitude about something
• gradual: Moving slowly by small amounts, over time
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• surprisingly: In an unexpected manner; to an unexpected degree
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• datum: Item of factual information
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• depreciation: Decrease in price/value; loss of value over time
• policymaker: Someone who makes and decides (government) plans