Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• have to: Must do
• build out: To expand or develop something, such as a business or system.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• move up: To advance to a higher rank or position.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• discipline: Instruction and practice to teach obedience
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• narrative: The telling of a story
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• corporate: Concerning (usually large) companies
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• moderation: Decrease in the amount of something that is high
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• grill: Plate of food that has been grilled
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• benign: (Of cancer) not harmful or too serious
• blur: To make something unclear or out of focus
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• great: Very good; better than before
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• stellar: Very brilliant; very successful or good
• sphere: Area of interest or activity
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• cap: Covering for the end or top of something
• disadvantage: A negative point; a downside; difficulty
• gambling: Act of betting money on events
• allocation: Sharing out of work/resources for some purpose
• extrapolate: To use facts to make guesses, opinions
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• shorten: To make something, e.g. a skirt, shorter
• diversification: Offering or owning a variety of goods and services
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target