Vocabulary

• lock up: To imprison someone.
• publicly traded: Having shares that are traded on a stock exchange.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• to the moon: Increasing quickly and significantly, often in value or excitement.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• down to earth: Practical, realistic, and approachable.
• scheduled for: To be planned or arranged for a specific time.
• sell off: To sell something quickly, usually because you need the money or because you want to stop being involved with it.
• stick with: To continue to support or stay loyal to someone or something.
• play on: To exploit or take advantage of something, such as someone's emotions or weaknesses.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• take some time: To allocate or dedicate a period to a specific activity or purpose.
• build out: To expand or develop something, such as a business or system.
• seize on: To quickly use or take advantage of an opportunity or information.
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• obsession: Irrational motive for performing certain actions
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• spectacular: Impressive or out of the ordinary
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• gravity: (Of a situation) extreme seriousness
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• subsequent: Happening after; later
• numerous: Existing in large numbers
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• previously: At an earlier time
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• catalyst: Person/thing causing a change or event to happen
• public: Owned by the government
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
• wary: Concerned about danger; cautious; circumspect
• execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• frontier: Border crossing between countries
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• upcoming: Occurring soon; approaching
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• aerospace: Industry of air and space travel
• doe: Female deer, reindeer, rabbit or hare
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services