Vocabulary

• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• check out
• such as: For example; like
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• long list: An extensive or detailed enumeration of items, names, or details.
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• through the roof: Rising to a very high level; skyrocketing.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• major in: To specialize in a particular subject at college or university.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• in the least: Not at all; to the smallest degree.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• track with: To follow or keep up with something, such as a conversation or a line of reasoning.
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• overwhelming majority: A very large majority; a majority that is so large as to be almost unanimous.
• against you: In opposition to you.
• stand out
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• intimate: (E.g. of detail) fine, detailed or complete
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• procrastination: Act of putting off something you ought to do
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• reputation: Common opinion that people have about someone
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• amount: Quantity of something
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• passive: Allowing things to happen with quiet acceptance
• humble: Being lower in quality or status
• fraction: Small part of something
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• lecture: To speak to someone to show anger or warn them
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• affair: Secret sexual relationship between two people
• additional: Further or added
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• strengthen: To make something stronger
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• neuroscience: Scientific study of the nervous system
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
• subside: To move down or sink to a lower level or degree
• juggle: To entertain by throwing and catching balls, etc.
• mash: To make something soft by beating or crushing it
• workload: Work you are expected to do in a specified time
• gauntlet: Thick heavy glove worn to protect hands and arms
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'