Vocabulary

• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• stay afloat: To have enough money to pay what you owe; to survive financially.
• revolving door: A door consisting of several panels that hang on a central shaft and rotate to allow people to enter or leave a building.
• carry on: To engage in an activity, e.g. a conversation
• figure for: To calculate or estimate something, especially costs or amounts.
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• slow burn: A gradual increase of anger or tension over time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• gut: To destroy the inside of a building , e.g. by fire
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• linger: To take your time doing something; hang around
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• cautious: Careful about avoiding danger, problems
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• stimulus: Something that causes a change
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
• sweep: Man who cleans chimneys
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• incremental: Happening or growing bit by bit over time
• rebellion: Act of conflicting with someone in authority
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• rupture: To (cause to) burst or break
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• rhetorical: Of public speaking or writing techniques
• season: One of Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and Winter
• deeply: To a significant degree
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• stagnation: State of inactivity (in business or art etc.)
• tumultuous: Chaotic
• long: Person's name
• patriarchal: Of social organization in which older men rule
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• populism: Naive political doctrine typical of common people
• truss: Frame supporting structure such as roof or bridge
• longtime: Concerning for a long duration