Vocabulary

• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• have to: Must do
• in control: Having the power to direct or regulate something; able to manage or direct a situation or person.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• fall apart: To suffer a nervous breakdown
• on steroids: Greatly enhanced or intensified; more powerful or effective than usual.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• conscious: Aware of what is going on around you
• sophisticated: Making a good sounding but misleading argument
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• intimacy: The sharing of private and personal things
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• scratch: To rub your skin with your nails to stop an itch
• narrative: The telling of a story
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• shift: To change in position or direction
• financial: Involving money
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• boundary: A division or border to separate two areas
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• couple: To join something to something else
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• important: Having power or authority
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• evaporate: To pass off or away; to disappear
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• piece: A counter in a board game
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• embody: To make something into part of a body or system
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• sentient: Having feelings and consciousness
• worthless: Being of no value; without positive aspects
• muslim: Of or relating to Islam
• humanoid: Automaton that resembles a human being
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• personhood: Being a person