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
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• poverty: State of being poor
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• 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.
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• couple: To join something to something else
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• ideology: Ideas or beliefs which form theory and policy
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• ethnicity: Ethnic group; shared origins or culture
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• expiration: Coming to an end of a period, validity
• cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
• quota: Specific number you must make or are allowed
• serial: Story that is told is several parts on TV or radio
• segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• fanfare: Music played to announce a special person or event
• overcrowd: To have too many people or things in