Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• jam up: To become stuck or blocked, preventing movement or function.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• first off: To begin with; firstly.
• check out
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• on the slide: In a state of decline or deterioration.
• up top: In or at the highest position or location.
• pull off: To manage to succeed
• jump in: To enter a vehicle quickly.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• edge in: To insert oneself into a group or conversation gradually.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• shrink: To become smaller
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• filter: Device to remove certain types of light, sound
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• section: A part of a whole
• dense: Very thick and difficult to see, get through
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• obsolete: Not used anymore because something newer exists
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• visual: Of or relating to vision
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• nightmare: Frightening, difficult or displeasing experience
• absolute: Complete; total; pure; not limited in any way
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• leave: To go away from; depart
• lifespan: Length of time something is expected to last
• genius: Person displaying a high level of intelligence
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• clog: To make or become blocked or filled with something
• mixture: Something made by combining two or more things
• exponentially: (Of an increase) at a faster and faster rate
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• deep: Complex and important
• hoard: Large amount of hidden (valuable) items
• redundant: Not necessary or needed
• funnel: to send something directly and intentionally.
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• latent: Existing but needing certain conditions to start
• takeaway: Employee benefit deleted in union contract
• bottleneck: Become narrow, like a bottleneck
• compression: Act of reducing something in time, size, quantity
• granular: Composed of or covered with grain
• overactive: More active than normal, other people