Vocabulary

• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• mortgage: Long-term loan from a bank for buying property
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• respond: To answer something or someone
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• react: To change when mixing with other chemicals
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• great: Very good; better than before
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
• dot: To place small amounts/things in various places
• datum: Item of factual information
• acceleration: Increase in the speed or rate of something
• hike: Large and unexpected increase in price, level etc.
• uneven: Being good in some parts and poor in others
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• upward: Toward some higher point or position
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want