Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• huge spike: A large and sudden increase in something.
• extended period: A long duration of time.
• such as: For example; like
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• lie down: To put your body in a flat position, as to sleep
• eat up: To eat all of something
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• rein in: To control or limit something.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• have to: Must do
• weigh on: To cause someone to feel worried or stressed.
• check out
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• spike: The top point in a graph
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• premium: Having a higher than normal quality
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• scrub: To clean with hard rubbing
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• disposable: Being available to be used or spent
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• offset: To compensate for or counterbalance the effect of
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• fare: Money people pay to travel on buses, taxis, boats
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• datum: Item of factual information
• upper: Drug that improves mood or increases energy
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• discretionary: According to your own judgment or self-restraint
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• rein: Control; limitation
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• shutdown: Termination of operations