Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• of interest: Relevant or important to someone or something.
• first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
• interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• financial: Involving money
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• stall: Walled area in a barn where a farm animal is kept
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• inventory: List of items stored at a place
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• spree: Short intense period of shopping/killing etc.
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• exempt: Released from some duty that others have to do
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• quadruple: To make or become four times bigger in number
• spokesperson: Advocate who represents another’s policy/purpose
• procurement: Act of getting possession of something
• axon: Long nerve fiber that leads away from a neuron