Vocabulary

• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• extreme: Very great in degree
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• respond: To answer something or someone
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• defense: Argument in support of something
• mineral: Substance naturally formed in the ground
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• copper: Reddish-brown metal used in cables or wires
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• brutality: Extremely mean or violent act or treatment
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• archive: To store things such as historical records
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• reliance: State of being dependent on something for help
• mining: To place a bomb in the ground or the sea
• startup: A company just starting its operations
• disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
• plunder: Things taken violently or by force
• enrichment: Making someone's life richer