Vocabulary

• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• automotive industry: The sector of industry involved in the design, development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales of motor vehicles.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• cut back: To use less of something
• have to: Must do
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• afford: To make available, to provide
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• ecosystem: Types of plants and animals in an specific area
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• vehicle: Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• exceptionally: In an extremely and unusually good way
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• quarter: 25 cents
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• profitable: Being useful; benefiting someone or something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• trim: To cut (hair, etc.) to make it neater/shorter
• relative: Measured or considered in comparison to another
• tempt: To make someone want something, even if it's bad
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• marble: A hard type of stone, often used in monuments
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• incremental: Happening or growing bit by bit over time
• assist: To help
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• pivot: Point on which something turns or balances
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• makeup: Substance put on the face to make you look pretty
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• price: Person's name
• pipeline: Line of pipes used for carrying gases or liquids
• wholesale: Concerning the selling of goods in large amounts
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business
• waterfall: Steep descent of the water of a river
• cyclical: Series of regular and repeated actions
• pre: A prefix meaning 'before'
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• automotive: Concerning cars
• automaker: Manufacturer of cars and trucks