Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• work out
• rake it in: To earn a large amount of money quickly or easily.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• on the stock: Present or available in inventory or storage.
• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• get on with: To have a good relationship with someone
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• on the news: Reported or broadcasted as part of a news program.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• account of: A spoken or written description of an event.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• price in: To include a particular cost or factor in a total price.
• lead to: To result in some action
• pay off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• rational: Able to think clearly
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• financial: Involving money
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• participant: Person involved or included in something
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• devote: To dedicate
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• important: Having power or authority
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• crystal: A solid formed by the solidification of a chemical
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• conversely: In the opposite way; on the other hand
• great: Very good; better than before
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hedge: To select words to avoid saying something directly
• massively: To a very large degree or in a large manner
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• datum: Item of factual information
• calibrate: To adjust an instrument to take exact measurements
• rake: Tool used to gather leaves or break up soil
• incorrectly: In a way that is incorrect or wrong
• upward: Toward some higher point or position
• quantify: To find or calculate the quantity of something
• unlock: To use a key or code to open something
• elm: Type of tree with large, curved branches