Vocabulary

• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• stunning: Causing amazement, e.g. because so very good
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• shrink: To become smaller
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• retreat: Act of a force moving back from a winning enemy
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• ignite: To catch fire
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• paycheck: Check issued in payment of wages or salary
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• point: An item to be discussed
• crude: Lacking manners or finesse; rude
• prevail: To be successful against enemy/problem
• painful: Causing or feeling physical pain or hurt
• atrocious: Extremely bad or cruel
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• loathe: To dislike someone or something greatly; detest
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• excursion: Short trip or outing to some place
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• global: Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• inaccurate: Not correct, accurate, or true
• happen: To take place or occur
• penny: Person's name
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• datum: Item of factual information
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• price: Person's name
• universally: Applying to all people, times, places
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• history: Established pattern or record
• lower: In a position more near the bottom
• cheap: Not costing a lot of money
• talk: Style of speaking
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• lumber: Pieces of wood cut ready for use in building
• technician: Person whose job is to maintain, repair machinery
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• disapproval: When you don't like or agree with something
• sizable: Fairly large
• summertime: Warmest season of the year