Vocabulary

• on the internet: Located or available on the internet.
• in under: Located inside and beneath something.
• rock bottom: The lowest possible level or point.
• up to anything: Engaged in secretive or mischievous plans.
• out of the blue: Unexpectedly; without warning
• lead up to: To prepare the way for; to serve as an introduction to.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• genuinely: In a real, actual, not false or artificial way
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• evolve: To develop certain features
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• financial: Involving money
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• ordinary: Normal or usual
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• estate: A large piece of land, usually with a large house
• due: When something is required or expected
• deception: Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• nefarious: Extremely wicked
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• ignite: To catch fire
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• abrupt: Very sudden, often in a bad way
• business: A company formed for making profit
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
• upfront: Frank and honest
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• goose: Large water bird related to a duck
• worsen: To make or become worse
• deceitful: Intended to deceive; tending to lie
• glen: Narrow mountain valley, especially in Scotland
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet