Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• check out
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• section: A part of a whole
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• sweat: To do an amount of hard work
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• proficiency: High amount of skill or ability in something
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• derive: To come from another thing
• online: Connected to the internet
• toefl: Test Of English as a Foreign Language