Vocabulary

• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• value: Importance you attach to something
• rival: Matching the quality, skill, et. of others
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• public: Owned by the government
• usage: Amount something is used
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• battle: Military fight between armies
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• competitor: Someone taking part in race, business, etc.
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• startup: A company just starting its operations
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• funding: To supply money for something
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• computational: Involving computation or computers
• valuation: Price of something, determined by expert