Vocabulary

• next to: Being located along side another
• on the market: Available for sale.
• home in: Move or direct toward a specific target or goal.
• no go: A failure; something that does not proceed as planned.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• get along: To have a friendly relationship with someone; like
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• at sea
• happen by: To visit a place casually or unexpectedly.
• save for: To keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future.
• million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
• like new: In very good, almost perfect condition as if unused.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• pass down: To give something to someone younger than you in your family, often after you die.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• poverty: State of being poor
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• shrink: To become smaller
• flat: Apartment; set of rooms for living in
• proximity: State of being near or close to something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• expire: To breathe out
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• couple: To join something to something else
• consciously: In a manner that is aware, and on purpose
• fortune: What might happen to you in the future
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• ideology: Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy
• mandate: To order that something is done
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• land: Region or country
• tan: A light brown color
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• expiration: Coming to an end of a period, validity
• quota: Specific number you must make or are allowed
• demolish: To destroy completely (e.g. an idea, a building)
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• reclaim: To get back something that was lost; recover
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• live: To be alive
• condo: Building containing individually owned apartments
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
• deduction: Reaching of a conclusion by using reasoning
• flammable: Burning quickly and easily
• cremate: To burn a corpse until only ashes are left
• fanfare: Music played to announce a special person or event
• overcrowd: To have too many people or things in
• motherboard: Main circuit board of a computer