Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• go together: To match well; to be harmonious or aesthetically pleasing.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• play in: To participate or compete in a game or competition.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• poverty: State of being poor
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• express: To send something by fast mail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• huge: Very very large
• endeavor: To attempt or make effort to do something
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• examine: (Medical) to test to find out what is wrong
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• courage: Quality of being able to face danger without fear
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• singular: Form of a word referring to only one person/thing
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• offend: To break a rule or do something wrong
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• great: Very good; better than before
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• orchestra: Large group who perform instrumental music
• pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• mankind: All humans thought of as one group; humanity
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• verse: Writing with words that rhyme or are rhythmic
• ensemble: Group of things, people working together
• proverb: A saying that gives advice
• deceit: Deliberately lying to someone to trick them
• hunger: Strong desire or need