Vocabulary

• by the day: With each passing day; daily.
• step down: To reduce the amount of something
• in terms of
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• on to: Toward something; forward
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• come around: To eventually change your opinion or be persuaded to agree with someone else's.
• behind closed doors: In private; secretly or confidentially.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• going on: To continue doing something
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• bid: To propose an amount you want to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• soul: Central or basic part of something
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• surround: To be all the way around something
• backdrop: Contextual meaning or background
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• reject: Goods that are not suitable for sale at full price
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• resignation: Reluctant acceptance when a thing can't be avoided
• consult: To ask the advice, opinion of a (paid) specialist
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• beg: To ask someone in an emotional way for something
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• adamant: Determined not to change your opinion
• federation: Group of organizations joined together
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
• allude: To refer to without mentioning it directly