Vocabulary

• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• came into effect: To become operative or valid
• at present: Currently; now
• in the meantime: During the time between two events; meanwhile.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• exceed: To be greater in number, degree than something
• assembly: Process of putting the parts of something together
• backdrop: Contextual meaning or background
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• land: Region or country
• rebound: Bouncing off something, then going back into play
• bureaucracy: Governing system with many rules and officials
• administrative: Concerning managing an organization
• upcoming: Occurring soon; approaching
• provincial: People living out of a main city
• merger: Combination of two or more companies into one
• heighten: To increase the degree or intensity of something
• renew: To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
• electoral: Concerning elections
• logistic: Concerning planning and organizing a large project
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer