Vocabulary

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• of the century: The most notable or important in a hundred-year period.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• next to: Being located along side another
• make up: To invent or create a story
• set up
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• mindset: Way someone things about something
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• sheer: To suddenly turn or change direction
• narrative: The telling of a story
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• conduct: Your behavior
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• seek: To ask someone for help
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• complexity: State of having many parts and not being simple
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• hub: Center of action or interest
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• sovereign: King, queen, emperor etc. of a country
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• business: A company formed for making profit
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• jurisdiction: Specific area of legal authority
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• swift: Quick
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• residence: Place where a person lives
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• long: Person's name
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• switzerland: A landlocked federal republic in central Europe
• arbitrage: Buying a commodity, gold etc. to sell it quickly
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services
• classically: In the manner of Greek and Roman culture
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography