Vocabulary

• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• exclusively: For the use of only one person or group
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• bounce: A person's energy or confidence
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• crunch: To crush something into pieces
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• guilt: Shame at doing something bad or wrong
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• margin: Edge of an area
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• override: To make (rule or law) not be valid anymore
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• broadly: In a general (not detailed) manner
• weak: Not having a strong character
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• gist: Main points of something
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• spotlight: Lamp that produces a strong beam of light
• view: Opinion, belief, or idea about something
• datum: Item of factual information
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• herald: To proclaim; announce; say something is coming
• lever: A handle that one pulls to operate a machine