Vocabulary

• critical to: Extremely important or essential.
• have to: Must do
• energy sources: Materials or processes that can produce energy.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• consider: To think carefully about something
• precious: Having a youthful, cute, and pleasant appearance
• bold: Brave; very confident; too confident
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• prominent: Being important or well known
• imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
• feature: Special report in a magazine or paper
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• superior: Better; higher quality
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• defense: Argument in support of something
• mineral: Substance naturally formed in the ground
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• aluminum: Very light silvery-white metal used to make cans
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• turbulent: (Of water) moving violently and unevenly
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• underway: Happening now
• less: Smaller in amount or degree
• happen: To take place or occur
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• platinum: Very expensive silver-colored metal
• price: Person's name
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• lithium: Soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• transformation: A complete change in shape or form of something
• triple: Group or set of three
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• manager: Person who controls and runs a business or group
• titanium: Light, extremely strong, whitish silver metal
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography