Vocabulary

• regardless of
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• on the other side of: Located across something from a given point.
• in the streets: Located or happening outdoors in public roads or areas.
• with one voice: In complete agreement; all expressing the same opinion together.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• good person: A morally upright and kind individual.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• address: Exact street location of a place
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• hemisphere: One half of a rounded, ball-like object
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• wisdom: Knowledge gained from experience in life
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• reign: To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
• resource: Something that can be used profitably; asset
• representative: Typical example of a particular category
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• draft: Withdrawal of money from the bank
• blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
• corporation: Big company or a combination of several companies
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• inauguration: Official ceremony to start a new presidency, etc.
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• shell: Hard outer cover of an egg, fruit, nut, or seed
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• epicenter: Point directly above the focus of an earthquake
• business: A company formed for making profit
• consult: To ask the advice, opinion of a (paid) specialist
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• trust: To expect confidently
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• voluntary: Done or given by their own will and not forced
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• crank: Device for turning
• advocacy: Request for change
• mushroom: Short fungus shaped like an umbrella you can eat
• erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
• consortium: Group formed with the purpose to work together
• bacon: Salted meat from a pig
• marketplace: Place where a public market is held
• elk: Largest North American deer that has a lot of hair
• hippie: Someone rejecting established culture
• transcendental: (Of an experience) very influential; exceptional
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine