Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• digital media: Electronic devices and media platforms used to create, distribute, and consume content.
• scheme of things: The way that things are generally ordered or arranged in the world or in a particular situation.
• deal with
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• bring back: To cause to remember
• going on: To continue doing something
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• dedicate: To state a person's name in book, song, in respect
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• accessible: Able to be entered, reached or used
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• irony: Quality of being funny because it is the opposite
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• remedy: Way to solve or fix a problem
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• harness: To capture the power of something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• scroll: To move up and down a computer screen
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• demographic: Group of people with similar characteristics
• league: Group of people, countries with a common goal
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• slumber: Act of sleeping; sleep
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• antidote: A drug, which limits the effects of a poison
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• skyscraper: Very tall building with many stories
• dwindle: To make or become less or smaller gradually
• optimize: To make as effective as possible
• awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• preach: To write or speak about so as to persuade people
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• slim: Being thin in an appealing way
• diner: Person who dines; customer in restaurant
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens
• unclear: Not easy to understand; not obvious
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
• online: Connected to the internet
• superhighway: Broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• coca: Type of South American plant used to make cocaine